New Jurassic flying reptile reveals the oldest opposed thumb

A new 160-million-year-old arboreal pterosaur species, dubbed ‘Monkeydactyl’, has the oldest true opposed thumb – a…

Exolaunch Introduces Eco Space Tug Program

Exolaunch Introduces Eco Space Tug Program Click here for original story, Exolaunch Introduces Eco…

NSF donates 21 housing units to White Sands Habitat for Humanity

NSF donates 21 housing units to White Sands Habitat for Humanity Click here for…

NASA Awards Geisel Software Second Swarming Space Robotics Contract

NASA Awards Geisel Software Second Swarming Space Robotics Contract Click here for original story,…

Speeding up sequence alignment across the tree of life

A team of researchers develops new search capabilities that will allow to compare the biochemical makeup…

Shift in diet allowed gray wolves to survive ice-age mass extinction

Gray wolves are among the largest predators to have survived the extinction at the end of…

Making music from spider webs

Spiders are master builders, expertly weaving strands of silk into intricate 3D webs. If humans could…

Rapid evolution in foxgloves pollinated by hummingbirds

Researchers have found common foxgloves brought to the Americas have rapidly evolved to change flower length…

Volcanic pollution return linked to jump in respiratory disease cases

Respiratory disease increased by almost a quarter after the Holuhraun lava eruption in 2014-2015, one of…

Researchers discover new way to starve brain tumors

Scientists have found a new way to starve cancerous brain tumor cells of energy in order…