Woolly star plants need catastrophes to live

The endangered Santa Ana Woolly Star depends on catastrophic floods. Thanks to a huge dam, natural…

Natural selection favors cheaters

Natural selection predicts that mutualisms -- interactions between members of different species that benefit both parties…

Water-bearing minerals on asteroid Bennu

Astronomers have discovered evidence of abundant water-bearing minerals on the surface of the near-Earth asteroid (101955)…

Underwater surveys in Emerald Bay reveal the nature and activity of Lake Tahoe faults

Emerald Bay, California, a beautiful location on the southwestern shore of Lake Tahoe, is surrounded by…

Hayabusa2 probes asteroid Ryugu for secrets

The first data received from the Hayabusa2 spacecraft in orbit of asteroid Ryugu helps space scientists…

NASA’s Fermi Satellite clocks ‘cannonball’ pulsar speeding through space

Astronomers have found a runaway pulsar hurtling through space at nearly 2.5 million miles an hour…

Diattenuation imaging: Promising imaging technique for brain research

A new imaging method provides structural information about brain tissue that was previously difficult to access.…

Tiny song bird makes record migration

The bird's trek between its breeding grounds in the central and western boreal forest of North…

Emotionally attuned managers are better at judging workgroup effectiveness

Experts show for first time that -- even on the fly -- a manager who can…

Speeding the development of fusion power to create unlimited energy on Earth

A detailed examination of the challenges and tradeoffs in the development of a compact fusion facility…