Earth-size, habitable-zone planet found hidden in early NASA Kepler data

A team of transatlantic scientists, using reanalyzed data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope, has discovered an…

Questionnaire survey identifies potential separation-related problems in cats

The first questionnaire survey to identify possible separation-related problems in cats found 13.5 percent of all…

Economists find carbon footprint grows with parenthood

Increased time constraints and the need for convenience in raising children appear to offset parents’ concerns…

Researchers use snake venom to solve structure of muscle protein

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have uncovered the detailed shape of a key protein involved…

Human handling stresses young monarch butterflies

People handle monarch butterflies. A lot. Every year thousands of monarch butterflies are caught, tagged and…

Researchers challenge accuracy of methods that analyze trees of life

When species under a taxonomic umbrella have faced forks in the road, leading to extinction or…

COVID-19 puts new science to the pressure test

By its very nature, science rarely offers a quick fix. New technologies and medicines often take…

Why didn't the universe annihilate itself? Neutrinos may hold the answer

Alysia Marino and Eric Zimmerman, physicists at CU Boulder, have been on the hunt for neutrinos…

Logging threatening endangered caribou

Cutting down forests means we’re also cutting down woodland caribou, says a pioneering study by University…

New COVID-19 test quickly and accurately detects viral DNA

Millions of people have been tested for the novel coronavirus, most using a kit that relies…