Biodiversity has substantially changed in one of the largest Mediterranean wetlands

The Camargue area in France has considerably fewer grasshopper, cricket, locust, dragonfly, and amphibian species than…

Easy prey: The largest bears in the world use small streams to fatten up on salmon

A new study reveals a different picture of how and when brown bears in southwestern Alaska…

Your DNA is not your destiny — or a good predictor of your health

In most cases, your genes have less than five per cent to do with your risk…

Improved 3D nanoprinting technique to build nanoskyscrapers

Scientists have improved the 3D nanoprinting process that enables to build precise, self-stacked, tall-and-narrow nanostructures. The…

Researchers directly measure 'Cheerios effect' forces for the first time

In a finding that could be useful in designing small aquatic robots, researchers have measured the…

Bilingual children are strong, creative storytellers, study shows

Bilingual children use as many words as monolingual children when telling a story, and demonstrate high…

Watermelon supplements bring health benefits to obese mice

Eating watermelon in the form of powdered supplements helped adult obese mice avoid some detrimental health…

Understanding why songbirds choose their homes

New research by biologists uses a new approach to modelling the populations of six species of…

Boeing astronaut capsule faces key test on trip to space station

Boeing Co is set to launch its new astronaut capsule on Friday on its first unmanned…

Nearby pulsar's gamma-ray 'halo' linked to antimatter puzzle

NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has discovered a faint but sprawling glow of high-energy light around…