Park rangers use butterflies to take planet's pulse in a biodiversity hotspot

For the last decade, biologists have documented a worrying decline in insect abundance, which some fear…

Researchers home in on Thera volcano eruption date

Tree-ring, ice core and volcano experts teamed up to identify one of the most climatically impactful…

Geophysics: Better insights into Earth's interior

Geophysicists have developed a method that allows them to investigate the composition of the Earth with…

Self-eliminating genes tested on mosquitoes

Scientists have tested a technology to make temporary genetic modifications in mosquitoes. The modifications self-delete over…

Studies find the seeds of a forest's renewal after wildfire, drought

By quantifying the seed production of more than 700 trees species worldwide and how each species’…

Dinosaur extinction changed plant evolution

The absence of large herbivores after the extinction of the dinosaurs changed the evolution of plants.…

United Launch Alliance IAM Employees Approve New Contract

United Launch Alliance IAM Employees Approve New Contract Click here for original story, United…

Search reveals eight new sources of black hole echoes

Astronomers discovered eight new echoing black hole binaries in our galaxy, enabling them to piece together…

Nanotechnology enables visualization of RNA structures at near-atomic resolution

Researchers have reported a fundamentally new approach to the structural investigation of RNA molecules. ROCK, as…

Tiny sensor used to track the migratory patterns of monarch butterflies

Scientists have developed a tracking system that can be attached to monarch butterflies and transmit data…