This bay in Scandinavia has world record in carbon storing

Forests are potent carbon sinks, but also the oceans' seagrasses can store enormous amounts of carbon.…

Conservation practices may leave African indigenous populations behind

Conservation and logging groups in Central and West Africa are failing to fully incorporate local concerns…

The moon is older than scientists thought

The moon is much older than some scientists believe, a research team now reports. Their precise…

Online dating booming but how much does education matter?

Online daters are most likely to contact people with the same level of education as them,…

Training computers to differentiate between people with the same name

How do you tell which Anna Hernandez authored a specific study or which Robert Jones is…

CRISPR gene editing takes on rare immunodeficiency disorder

Researchers have harnessed the CRISPR-Cas9 technology to correct mutations in the blood stem cells of patients…

Why Lyme disease is common in the north, rare in the south

When it's hot and not too muggy, Lyme disease-bearing black-legged ticks avoid desiccation by hiding out…

Baboon vocalizations contain five vowel-like sounds comparable to those of human speech

An acoustical analysis of the grunts, barks, wahoos, copulation calls, and yaks from baboons shows that,…

Sharing of data to combat infectious disease outbreaks

To protect people against potentially deadly infectious disease outbreaks, it is critical that scientists and governments…

How stress may increase risk of heart disease and stroke

Heightened activity in the amygdala -- a region of the brain involved in stress -- is…