To crash or swerve? Study reveals which actions taken by self-driving cars are morally defensible

Researchers asked the public what they believed would be the most morally and ethically sound behavior…

AI tool automatically reveals how to write apps that drain less battery

Researchers have created a new tool, called 'DiffProf,' that uses artificial intelligence to automatically decide for…

Rapid, widespread changes may be coming to Antarctica’s Dry Valleys

Antarctica's sandy polar desert, the McMurdo Dry Valleys, has undergone changes over the past decade and…

Improving paleotemperature reconstruction: Swiss lakes as a model system

For years, scientists have been trying to determine the climate of the past in order to…

Gene mutation points to new way to fight diabetes, obesity, heart disease

Researchers say they have discovered a gene mutation that slows the metabolism of sugar in the…

Clean Water Act dramatically cut pollution in US waterways

The 1972 Clean Water Act has driven significant improvements in US water quality, according to the…

Cleaning, but safely! Cocoons protect sensitive ant brood during toxic disinfection

Ants are neat: when they move into a new nest box, they spend the first days…

Oldest fossil of a flying squirrel sheds new light on its evolutionary tree

The oldest flying squirrel fossil ever found has unearthed new insight on the origin and evolution…

Increased cyto-adhesion of malaria parasites during fever uncovered

New research shows how the cyto-adhesion of plasmodium-infected red blood cells is enhanced at febrile temperatures.

A tumor cell population responsible for resistance to therapy and tumor relapse

Researchers have uncovered a tumor cell population responsible for resistance to therapy and tumor relapse in…