New look at climate data shows substantially wetter rain and snow days ahead

A new look at climate data shows that, by the end of the century, the heaviest…

M87 in 3D: New view of galaxy helps pin down mass of the black hole at its core

From Earth, giant elliptical galaxies resemble highly symmetric blobs, but what’s their real 3D structure? Astronomers…

Bright daylight fireball explodes over Maine – first radar-observed meteorite fall in the state, U.S.

A bright daylight fireball exploded over Maine, U.S. at 15:52 UTC (11:52 EDT) on April 8,…

Time out: We all need a three-day weekend

As a four-day work week is trialed in countries across the globe, health researchers say they’re…

Oldest bat skeletons ever found described from Wyoming fossils

Scientists have described a new species of bat based on the oldest bat skeletons ever recovered.…

Sedentary time may significantly enlarge adolescents' heart

In adolescents, sedentary time may increase heart size three times more than moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, a…

Increased droughts are disrupting carbon-capturing soil microbes, concerning ecologists

Soil stores more carbon than plants and the atmosphere combined, and soil microbes are largely responsible…

Wonder material graphene claims yet another superlative

Researchers report record-high magnetoresistance that appears in graphene under ambient conditions. Click here for…

How skates learned to fly through water

Genes are not the only drivers of evolution. The iconic fins of skates are caused by…

The brain's support cells may play a key role in OCD

A type of cell usually characterized as the brain’s support system appears to play an important…