History of Titan’s landscape resembles that of Mars, not Earth

In a paper published in Science, researchers report that Titan, like Mars but unlike Earth, has…

Fake caterpillar study reveals global pattern in predation

A new study revealing the world's prime insect predation hotspots, achieved its landmark findings using an…

Antarctic has seen widespread change in last 50 years, moss study reveals

In 2013, researchers studying mosses and microbes growing at the southern end of the Antarctic Peninsula…

Untangling the genetic legacy of tomato domestication

Favorable mutations that went along with increased fruit size and other beneficial traits in tomato plants…

Researchers discover first human antibodies that work against all ebolaviruses

After analyzing the blood of a survivor of the 2013-16 Ebola outbreak, a team of scientists…

Robust, high-throughput protocol for deriving microglia from human stem cells reported

A robust, efficient method for deriving microglia, the immune cells of the brain, from human stem…

Tooth truth: Human teeth tell the story of humanity through our fragile relationship with the sun

Researchers have developed a new method to read imperfections in teeth caused by a lack of…

Evolution in butterfly eye dependent on sex, scientists find

By analyzing both the genes that control color detecting photoreceptors and the structural components of the…

Researchers create a T-shirt that monitors the wearer’s breathing rate in real time

Researchers have created a smart T-shirt that monitors the wearer's respiratory rate in real time. This…

NASA mission uncovers a dance of electrons in space

NASA's MMS mission studies how electrons spiral and dive around the planet in a complex dance…