Endangered songbird challenging assumptions about evolution

New research looked at a newly discovered, endangered songbird located only in South America — the…

An organic material for the next generation of HVAC technologies

On sultry summer afternoons, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems provide much-needed relief from the…

Early Earth's hot mantle may have led to Archean 'water world'

Earth’s sea level has remained fairly constant during the last 541 million years, but a new…

Architecture of Eolian successions under icehouse and greenhouse conditions

Anthropogenic climate change is one of the foremost scientific and societal challenges. In part, our response…

Kumon or Montessori? It may depend on your politics, according to new study of 8,500 parents

Whether parents prefer a conformance-oriented or independence-oriented supplemental education program for their children depends on political…

An organic material for the next generation of HVAC technologies

On sultry summer afternoons, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems provide much-needed relief from the…

Early Earth's hot mantle may have led to Archean 'water world'

A vast global ocean may have covered early Earth during the early Archean eon, 4 to…

New rules to protect turtles from shrimp nets postponed

New rules designed to keep endangered and threatened sea turtles from drowning in some inshore shrimp…

Researchers observe new isotope of fluorine

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis reported the first observations of a new form of…

Synthetic mucus can mimic the real thing

More than just a sign of illness, mucus is a critical part of our body’s defenses…