Unique chance to confirm methane spikes – and perhaps life – on Mars

NASA’s Curiosity rover has detected a brief burp of methane on Mars, and we may be…

Amateur radio satellites launch on SpaceX STP-2 mission

Falcon Heavy STP-2 – credit SpaceX Amateur radio satellites are expected to be launched between 0330-0730…

New NASA-JPL Technology Launching on SpaceX Falcon Heavy

An atomic clock for self-driving spacecraft, climate-observing satellites and more will launch on the…

Monarch butterflies bred in captivity may lose the ability to migrate, study finds

Monarch butterflies purchased from a commercial breeder did not fly in a southward direction, even in…

Americans overestimate income for children from wealthy families—and underestimate it for children from poor ones

Americans overestimate the future income for children from wealthy and middle-income families, but underestimate that for…

Engineering enzymes to turn plant waste into sustainable products

A new family of enzymes has been engineered to perform one of the most important steps…

Trees' water-use strategies can intensify droughts

Nature, said Ralph Waldo Emerson, is no spendthrift. Unfortunately, he was wrong. Click here…

Visible light from 2D lead halide perovskites explained

Electrical engineers have reported solving a lingering question about how a two-dimensional crystal composed of cesium,…

Gene networks reveal transition from healthy to failing heart

Researchers have created one of the first maps to reveal gene activity and connectivity as the…

Understanding brain activity when you name what you see

Using complex statistical methods and fast measurement techniques, researchers found how the brain network comes up…