One of three species Japan has targeted in resuming commercial whaling Monday is threatened with extinction,…
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'Gentle recovery' of Brazil's leatherback turtles
Brazil’s leatherback turtles are making a “gentle recovery” after 30 years of conservation efforts, new research…
NASA Has Space in All 50 States
A new interactive website from NASA’s Space Place shows children of all ages where…
NASA's InSight Uncovers the 'Mole'
The lander’s robotic arm has successfully removed a piece of hardware blocking the view…
A Neil Armstrong for Mars: Landing the Mars 2020 Rover
NASA’s newest rover will have an autopilot called Terrain-Relative Navigation. …
Researchers identify the origins of metabolism
A Rutgers-led study sheds light on one of the most enduring mysteries of science: How did…
Female bed bugs 'control' their immune systems ahead of mating to prevent against STIs
Female bedbugs who are ‘full bellied’ and therefore more attractive mates for males, are able to…
Wood products mitigate less than 1% of global carbon emissions
The world’s wood products—all the paper, lumber, furniture and more—offset just 1 percent of annual global…
The chemical language of plants depends on context
A team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, studied…
Analysis finds US ecosystems shifting hundreds of miles north
Researchers used 50 years of data on bird distributions and concluded that ecosystems have shifted northward…