NASA's Psyche Mission Has a Metal World in Its Sights

The Psyche mission, an exploration an asteroid made of metal, begins its final design…

New study shows how climate change could affect impact of roundworms on grasslands

Soil food webs play a key role in supporting grassland ecosystems, which cover about one-quarter of…

Past climate change pushed birds from the northern hemisphere to the tropics

Researchers have shown how millions of years of climate change affected the range and habitat of…

Scientists discover unlikely culprit for fertilizing North Pacific Ocean: Asian dust

The vast subtropical “gyres—large systems of rotating currents in the middle of the oceans—cover 40 percent…

Hamsters take cues from decreasing day length to prepare for the long winter

Analysis of the first fully-sequenced genome of the Siberian hamster shows how these small, seasonal breeders…

Structuring sweetness: What makes Stevia 200 times sweeter than sugar

New research from Washington University in St. Louis reveals the molecular machinery behind the high-intensity sweetness…

Exploring the causes of persistent corruption

Corruption impedes equitable development, destabilizes societies, and undermines the institutions and values of democracy. It is…

Education trumps age-structure in terms of providing a demographic dividend

The relationship between population changes and economic growth has been a controversial topic among demographers for…

Trailblazing findings on the properties of daguerreotypes

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) and The University of New Mexico (UNM) today announced…

Students Boosting Technical Skills at NASA Wallops’ Rocket Week

University and community college students will boost their technical skills as rocket scientists building experiments for…