How we know whether and when to pay attention

International team of researchers identifies cognitive computations underlying human predictive behavior. Click here for…

Using exoplanets as dark matter detectors

In the continuing search for dark matter in our universe, scientists believe they have found a…

Fighting harmful bacteria with nanoparticles

Multi-resistant pathogens are a serious and increasing problem in today’s medicine. Where antibiotics are ineffective, these…

California's wildfire season has lengthened, and its peak is now earlier in the year

Researchers have analyzed CALFIRE wildfire statistics from 2000 to 2019, comparing them with data from 1920…

Out Of Thin Air: NASA Rover Makes Oxygen From Martian Atmosphere

Fresh off the first-ever powered flight on another world, NASA’s Mars 2020 mission has managed another…

Mars' changing habitability recorded by ancient dune fields in Gale crater

An international team has found evidence of ancient dunes on Mars that could help explain ancient…

The future looks bright for infinitely recyclable plastic

Plastics are ubiquitous, but they’re not practical. Less than 10% are recycled, and the other approximately…

ALMA discovers rotating infant galaxy with help of natural cosmic telescope

Using ALMA, astronomers found a rotating baby galaxy 1/100th the size of the Milky Way at…

International Space Station About To Get Crowded, And It's Running Out Of Beds

Four astronauts are set to launch to the space station Friday. When they arrive, the new…

Air Force Academy will rename building for ’64 grad, NASA astronaut retired Col. Frederick Gregory

Air Force Academy will rename building for ’64 grad, NASA astronaut retired Col. Frederick Gregory …