Forest darkness helps stave off effects of nitrogen pollution – but this is set to change

Europe’s forests are sitting on a pollution timebomb which could rewrite their ecology when it explodes,…

Ice Age manatees may have called Texas home

Manatees don’t live year-round in Texas, but these gentle, slow-moving sea cows are known to occasionally…

Fires spike in Brazil's Amazon, scientists say

The number of forest fires in Brazil’s Amazon increased sharply in September, figures released Thursday show,…

NASA finds Hurricane Marie rapidly intensifying

NASA infrared imagery revealed that Hurricane Marie is rapidly growing stronger and more powerful. Infrared imagery…

Our health: New focus on the synergy effect of nanoparticles

Nanoparticles are used in a wide range of products and manufacturing processes because the properties of…

New research sheds light on the reluctance of farmers to adopt new technologies

Research from the University of Kent’s School of Economics sheds new light on a long-standing obstacle…

Scientists repeat century-old study to reveal evidence of evolutionary rescue in the wild

A tiny flatworm found commonly on the coasts of western Europe and North America is living…

Pattern in whale songs predicts migration

Through the use of two advanced audio recording technologies, a collaboration of Monterey Bay researchers has…

Mud-slurping chinless ancestors had all the moves

A team of researchers, led by the University of Bristol, has revealed our most ancient ancestors…

Einstein's description of gravity just got much harder to beat

Einstein’s theory of general relativity—the idea that gravity is matter warping spacetime—has withstood over 100 years…