Materialists collect Facebook friends and spend more time on social media

If you're materialistic, you're likely to use Facebook more frequently and intensely. A new article reveals…

Antarctic landscape insights keep ice loss forecasts on the radar

New maps of a mountainous landscape under a key glacier in West Antarctica will be a…

Righty blue whales sometimes act like lefties, study finds

To support their hulking bodies, blue whales use various acrobatic maneuvers to scoop up many individually…

Smoking study personalizes treatment

A simple blood test is allowing researchers to determine which patients should be prescribed varenicline (Chantix)…

Key signaling protein for muscle growth

Researchers have discovered the importance of a well-known protein, myeloid differentiation primary response gene 88 (MyD88),…

First interstellar asteroid is like nothing seen before

For the first time ever astronomers have studied an asteroid that has entered the Solar System…

Nanoparticles could allow for faster, better medicine

Gold nanoparticles could help make drugs act more quickly and effectively, according to new research.

Light green plants save nitrogen without sacrificing photosynthetic efficiency

Scientists designed plants with light green leaves with hopes of allowing more light to penetrate the…

One source of potent greenhouse gas pinned down

Researchers have discovered the first known methane-producing microbe that is active in an oxygen-rich environment --…

Clay mineral waters Earth’s mantle from the inside

The first observation of a super-hydrated phase of the clay mineral kaolinite could improve our understanding…