PIA23259: South Polar Textures

           Target: Mars Mission:  2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument:  THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Click here…

Google buys analytics startup Looker to bolster its cloud

Google said Thursday it was buying data analytics startup Looker in a move aimed at bolstering…

'Fishing a line' coupled with clockwork for daily rhythm

Organisms on this planet, including human beings, exhibit a biological rhythm that repeats about every 24…

How old are your organs? To scientists' surprise, organs are a mix of young and old cells

Scientists once thought that neurons, or possibly heart cells, were the oldest cells in the body.…

Danger avoidance can be genetically encoded for four generations, biologists say

Princeton University researchers have discovered that learned behaviors can be inherited for multiple generations in C.…

New research shakes up the sloth family tree

New studies by two research teams published today in the journals Nature Ecology and Evolution and…

A polar-bear-inspired material for heat insulation

For polar bears, the insulation provided by their fat, skin, and fur is a matter of…

Dynamics of key viral attack strategy visible for first time

Many infectious viruses, from HIV to West Nile, rely on a fundamental biological process called frameshifting…

NASA Scientist to Discuss “Hurricane Hunting NASA Style” at Library of Congress Lecture

The public is invited to a free lecture called ‘Hurricane Hunting NASA Style on June 13 …

Talking to each other—how forest conservation can succeed

Forest conservation can be a source of tension between competing priorities and interests from forestry, science,…