Ancient child’s tooth reveals picture of Alaska’s early inhabitants

Research on a newly rediscovered 9,000-year-old child's tooth has reshaped our understanding of Alaska's ancient people,…

New tool to predict which plants will become invasive

New research provides insight to help predict which plants are likely to become invasive in a…

Automated detection of sleep states from olfactory brain waves

Scientists have developed a completely automated technique for real-time detection of sleep/wake states in freely moving…

Culture may explain why brains have become bigger

A theory called the cultural brain hypothesis could explain extraordinary increases in brain size in humans…

Report finds inequity may slow progress in preventing child pneumonia and diarrhea deaths

A new report finds health systems are falling woefully short of ensuring the most vulnerable children…

What could cause the Mississippi Bight to become hypoxic?

A recent article explores aspects of the environmental conditions that can potentially lead to hypoxia in…

Skin ages when the main cells in the dermis lose their identity and function

A study in mice explains that dermal fibroblasts lose their cell identify over time and with…

Unlocking the secrets of metal-insulator transitions

Using an X-ray technique, scientists found that the metal-insulator transition in the correlated material magnetite is…

Yellowstone streams recovering thanks to wolf reintroduction

In the first study of its kind, scientists show that the return of large terrestrial carnivores…

Unique study shows how bats maneuver

For the first time, researchers have succeeded in directly measuring the aerodynamics of flying animals as…