NASA's Mars rover drivers need your help

You may be able to help NASA’s Curiosity rover drivers better navigate Mars. Using the online…

NASA names first woman to head human spaceflight

The NASA official who managed the inaugural private crewed flight into space last month has been…

Temperature spike: Earth ties record high heat May reading

Earth’s temperature spiked to tie a record high for May, U.S. meteorologists reported Friday. …

Mixture and migration brought food production to sub-Saharan Africa

A new interdisciplinary study published in the journal Science Advances reports on 20 newly sequenced ancient…

Discovery of oldest bow and arrow technology in Eurasia

The origins of human innovation have traditionally been sought in the grasslands and coasts of Africa…

The best plant parents: Genetically as divergent as possible with similar preferences

A team of researchers led by IPK Gatersleben has succeeded in providing answers to a long…

Cash me outside: Transfers to the poor linked to eco-benefits

In a new study, researchers recently discovered that Indonesia’s national anti-poverty program reduced deforestation by about…

Brazilian Amazon deforestation hits new record in May

Deforestation continued to surge in the Brazilian Amazon last month, according to official figures released Friday,…

Ukraine scientists see signs of hope after huge Chernobyl fires

Ukrainian scientist Oleksandr Borsuk looks bitterly at the charred trunks of old pine trees as the…

NASA catches development of Tropical Cyclone Nuri in South China Sea

A low-pressure system that developed in the Philippine Sea and tracked over the central Philippines has…