New study finds lunar swirls linked to topography

A mosaic of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) images showing the lunar swirl Reiner Gamma. The…

Study: Bullying victims who feel targeted due to social characteristics may experience effects more intensely

Students who feel they have been victimized because of social characteristics such as their ethnicity or…

Hummingbirds' unique sideways flutter gets them through small apertures

Most birds that flit through dense, leafy forests have a strategy for maneuvering through tight windows…

Significant increase in short-duration extreme precipitation over mountainous areas in China seen under global warming

A new study led by Prof. Xiaopeng Cui from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the…

Northern peatlands in Finland are still expanding, finds study

According to a new study published in Global Change Biology, the area of northern peatlands has…

Study analyzes differences in canine teeth between European and African populations

The Dental Anthropology Group at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) has…

Construction on NASA mission to map 450 million galaxies is under way

NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope is beginning to look much like it will when it arrives in…

How wealthy countries' research skews our knowledge of plants

More extreme weather and large variations in temperature and precipitation: Climate change affects not only humans…

Designing biosecurity plans for hobby farms

More and more people are practicing farming because they enjoy the outdoors, animals, and the fruits…

17th-century anti-décolletage campaign was form of misogyny, author asserts

A 17th century French clerical/commercial campaign against décolletage—fashions in which women reveal the cleavage between their…