A large basin on the moon has revealed that its interior is made of a different…
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Mass extinctions led to low species diversity, dinosaur rule
Two of Earth's five mass extinction events -- times when more than half of the world's…
Forget about it: A material that mimics the brain
Inspired by human forgetfulness -- how our brains discard unnecessary data to make room for new…
Breeding salt-tolerant plants
The quinoa plant might serve as a model for making other crops salt-tolerant. It grows well…
A self-propelled catheter with earthworm-like peristaltic motion
A research team has developed a mechanism of a self-propelled catheter capable of generating peristaltic motion…
Parasite study paves way for therapies to tackle deadly infections
New understanding of a parasite that causes a million cases of disease each year could point…
Forest grazing counteracts the effectiveness of trees to reduce flood risk
Planting trees can reduce flood risk, but a high intensity forest land use, such as grazing,…
Conservationists’ eco-footprints suggest education alone won’t change behavior
A new study shows that even those presumably best informed on the environment find it hard…
A new genetic marker accounts for up to 1.4 percent of cases of hereditary colon cancer
Scientists have identified a new genetic marker that accounts for up to 1.4 percent of cases…
Electrons surfing on a laser beam
The largest particle accelerator in the world - the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland…