Kids judge Alexa smarter than Roomba, but say both deserve kindness

Most kids know it’s wrong to yell or hit someone, but what if that someone is…

Scientists advocate for integration of biogeography and behavioral ecology to rapidly respond to biodiversity loss

An interdisciplinary team of researchers is advocating for convergent research that integrates the fields of biogeography…

Scientists map gusty winds in a far-off neutron star system

Astronomers have mapped the ‘disk winds’ associated with the accretion disk around Hercules X-1, a system…

Shutting down nuclear power could increase air pollution

A new study shows that if U.S. nuclear power plants are retired, the burning of coal,…

This elephant's self-taught banana peeling offers glimpse of elephants' broader abilities

Elephants like to eat bananas, but they don’t usually peel them first in the way humans…

Navigating the cosmos with CHARA Array

New instruments and plans for a seventh telescope at Georgia State’s CHARA Array will allow scientists…

Study finds record-breaking rates of sea-level rise along the U.S. Southeast and Gulf coasts

New study shows sea levels along the U.S. Southeast and Gulf coasts have been rapidly accelerating,…

New textile unravels warmth-trapping secrets of polar bear fur

Engineers have invented a fabric that concludes the 80-year quest to make a synthetic textile modeled…

Engineered plants produce sex perfume to trick pests and replace pesticides

Tobacco plants have been engineered to manufacture an alluring perfume of insect sex pheromones, which could…

Webb reveals never-before-seen details in Cassiopeia A

The explosion of a star is a dramatic event, but the remains the star leaves behind…