Software locates sugarcane genes of interest

Plants have larger and more complex genomes than all animals, be they mammals, birds, reptiles or…

With San Francisco ban, facial recognition fervor cools

A ban on facial recognition for law enforcement in San Francisco highlights growing public concerns about…

Russia to release killer whales in new habitat, despite expert advice

Russia is set to free controversially captured killer whales over the next month, but not return…

New insights on the control of dicamba-resistant kochia

Kochia is a highly invasive weed that is common in the Great Plains, where it has…

Overfed bacteria make people sick

Since the end of the Second World War, along with the growing prosperity and the associated…

A recent study confirms the new trend in feminist reggaeton music

Reggaeton has traditionally been considered as a sexist music genre and the lyrics and choreographies usually…

New research finds unprecedented weakening of Asian summer monsoon

Rainfall from the Asian summer monsoon has been decreasing over the past 80 years, a decline…

PIA23179: Curiosity's Proposed Path up Mount Sharp

           Target: Mars Mission:  Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Instrument:  HiRISE Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA/Univ. of Arizona/JHUAPL/MSSS/USGS Astrogeology Science…

PIA23219: Endeavour Crater – False Color

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

Jonny Kim: NASA's 2017 Astronaut Class

Jonny Kim was selected as a member of NASA’s 2017 astronaut class, nicknamed “the Turtles.” …