What articulation-relevant brain regions do when we listen

Brain regions that are involved in the articulation of language are also active in the perception…

How mangroves help keep the planet cool

In a new global framework, scientists have developed a more accurate assessment of how mangroves store…

Quantum-enhanced sensing of magnetic fields

An international team of physicists has demonstrated that algorithms and hardware developed originally in the context…

Next-generation robotic cockroach can explore under water environments

In nature, cockroaches can survive underwater for up to 30 minutes. Now, a robotic cockroach can…

Greenhouse gases were the main driver of climate change in the deep past

Greenhouse gases were the main driver of climate throughout the warmest period of the past 66…

Antioxidant supplements fail to improve sperm quality in infertile men

Despite many study results suggesting that antioxidants have a positive effect on abnormal sperm parameters associated…

Stability of Earth: Scientists propose solution to ‘Gaia puzzle’

Scientists may have solved a long-standing puzzle over why conditions on Earth have remained stable enough…

Fern-tastic! Crowdfunded fern genomes completed

With crowdfunded support, researchers have sequenced the first two fern genomes ever. Their results include the…

Cracking the genetic code of koalas

The koala genome has been sequenced in a world first, by an international consortium of conservation…

Eat ’em up: Next-generation therapeutic helps immune cells detect, destroy cancer

Researchers have found that cancer cells evade destruction by macrophages in two ways -- by converting…