Probing wet fire smoke in clouds: Can water intensify Earth's warming?

A new instrument that samples smoke from megafires and scans humidity will help researchers better understand…

Protein rewires metabolism to block cancer cell death, may allow cancer spread

One specific protein may be a master regulator for changing how cancer cells consume nutrients from…

Monkeys experience the visual world the same way people do

When humans look out at a visual landscape like a sunset or a beautiful overlook, we…

Decoding smell

How does the nose know? Scientists now detail how the inborn ability to recognize certain odors…

Study reveals a deepening water crisis in Jordan – and a way forward

Dwindling water supplies and a growing population will halve per capita water use in Jordan by…

Mummified parrots point to trade in the ancient Atacama desert

Ancient Egyptians mummified cats, dogs, ibises and other animals, but closer to home in the South…

NASA begins final assembly of spacecraft destined for asteroid Psyche

A major component of NASA’s Psyche spacecraft has been delivered to the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory…

SpaceX says no Starship launch on Monday

SpaceX has postponed the latest test flight of its prototype interplanetary Starship rocket from the company’s…

Researchers notice pattern on surface of leaves, uncover new clue about plant evolution

A doctoral student has identified a long-overlooked pattern in how plants evolved their equivalent of lungs—tiny…

Mummified parrots point to trade in the ancient Atacama desert

Ancient Egyptians mummified cats, dogs, ibises and other animals, but closer to home in the South…