Invasive beavers: Bad for the climate

Scientists documented the effects of invasive North American beavers (Castor canadensis) on carbon sequestration of a…

Researchers identify drugs that block CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing

The discovery of the first small-molecule inhibitors of the Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 (SpCas9) protein could enable…

Scientists breed hazelnuts as the next cash crop for Midwest farmers

From a hill surrounded by the thawing mud of empty cornfields, farmer Chris Gamer leaned over…

Two neutron stars collided near the solar system billions of years ago

Astrophysicists Szabolcs Marka at Columbia University and Imre Bartos at the University of Florida, have identified…

State-of-the-art imaging uncovers the exciting life history of an unusual Mars meteorite

With human and sample-return missions to Mars still on the drawing board, geologists wishing to study…

Astronomer helps create ‘history book’ image of the universe

Astronomers have assembled a mosaic of nearly 7,500 images of one part of the sky, creating…

Space station back to full power, SpaceX launch early Friday

The International Space Station is back up at full power, after the successful replacement of a…

As car-sharing picks up in US, so do legislative battles

When Chris Williamson was in the market for a new family car, a timely ad and…

Chewing versus sex in the duck-billed dinosaurs

The duck-billed hadrosaurs walked the Earth over 90-million years ago and were one of the most…

Pinpointing Gaia to enable the most accurate map ever of more than a billion stars

Gaia, operated by the European Space Agency (ESA, surveys the sky from orbit to create the…