NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope General Observer Scientific Programs Selected

Selected programs describe what Webb will study for much of its first year in space. …

Biologists discover a transmissible cancer lineage in Far Eastern mussels

An international research team, including biologists from St Petersburg University, has identified a transmissible cancer lineage…

UK to lead the development of the second Scout mission, HydroGNSS

Following the selection of the first Scout satellite mission last December, ESA has also given the…

Harassment in archaeology is occurring at 'epidemic rates'

In the discipline of archaeology, harassment is widespread, with archaeologists of color, LGBTQIA+ researchers and scholars…

Formal education does not lead to greater job satisfaction, study shows

Education is considered one of the most critical personal capital investments. But formal educational attainment doesn’t…

ATLAS searches for pairs of Higgs bosons in a rare particle decay

Since the Higgs boson was discovered in 2012, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have…

The complexities of predicting climate change effects

We currently face significant challenges to accurately predict the impacts of our changing climate on individual…

Friends and enemies 'make sense' for long-lived animals

It makes evolutionary sense for long-lived animals to have complex social relationships—such as friends and enemies—researchers…

What happens underground during hydraulic fracturing

A research team from Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) and McGill University in Montreal is investigating what exactly…

NASA Finds 2021 Arctic Winter Sea Ice Tied for 7th-Lowest on Record

Sea ice in the Arctic appears to have hit its annual maximum extent after growing through…