New research first to relate Antarctic sea ice melt to weather change in tropics

Arctic and Antarctic ice loss will account for about one-fifth of the warming that is projected…

Scientists can now edit multiple genome fragments at a time

Scientists can now edit multiple sites in the genome at the same time to learn how…

Shifts in deep geologic structure may have magnified great 2011 Japan tsunami

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9 earthquake struck under the seabed off Japan—the most powerful…

California's strict air quality regulations help farmers prosper, study finds

Farmers in California’s Central Valley are not known for their love of government regulations, but those…

Love rivals risk having offspring with a greater number of harmful mutations

Males that face tougher competition for females risk having offspring with a greater number of harmful…

New study reveals early evolution of cortex

Research on the lamprey brain has enabled researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden to push the…

Research uses simulation game to alter beliefs about poverty

In advancing research to tackle the problem of burgeoning global economic inequality, researchers at Simon Fraser…

Understanding our interconnected world and COVID-19

In his pathbreaking 1971 book, Barry Commoner outlined his enduring and succinct four laws of ecology:…

Australia's most livable regional cities revealed

Victoria is home to Australia’s most livable regional cities—Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong—according to new research that…

Image: Tests complete for Orion

The first Orion spacecraft that will fly around the moon as part of Artemis to return…