Gulp! Jurassic mammal was the first one able to eat politely

A shrew-like primitive mammal that inhabited China 165 million years ago represents a milestone in mammalian…

Asteroid 2019 NF7 flew past Earth at 0.98 lunar distances

A newly discovered asteroid designated 2019 NF7 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.98 LD…

New pathways for sensory learning in the brain

Researchers have developed an automated, robotic training device that allows mice to learn at their leisure.…

A sharper focus: New computational technique resolves compressed X-ray data

With high-energy X-rays, such as those that will be produced by the upgrade to Argonne’s Advanced…

Coaching scientists to play well together

When scientists from different disciplines collaborate — as is increasingly necessary to confront the complexity of…

Tiny vibration-powered robots are the size of the world's smallest ant

Researchers have created a new type of tiny 3D-printed robot that moves by harnessing vibration from…

Women now seen as equally as or more competent than men

Women have come a long way in the United States over the last 70 years, to…

New species of flying squirrel from Southwest China added to the rarest and 'most wanted'

Described in 1981, the genus Biswamoyopterus is regarded as the most mysterious and rarest amongst all…

Tattooing and the art of sensing within the skin

The art of tattooing may have found a diagnostic twist. A team of scientists in Germany…

Algae-killing viruses spur nutrient recycling in oceans

Scientists have confirmed that viruses can kill marine algae called diatoms and that diatom die-offs near…