Fishing plastic 'ghost nets' out of the Baltic

On a small fishing boat out in the Baltic Sea, Pekka Kotilainen rifles through buckets of…

Virgin Galactic becomes first space tourism company to land on Wall Street

Virgin Galactic landed on Wall Street Monday, debuting its listing on the New York Stock Exchange…

Automakers side with Trump in legal fight with California

General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, Toyota and many others in the auto industry are siding with the…

How do you save endangered gorillas? With lots of human help

Deep in the rainforest of Volcanoes National Park, a 23-year-old female gorilla named Kurudi feeds on…

Exerting self-control does not mean sacrificing pleasure

Choosing to eat chocolate cake instead of carrot sticks does not equal a lack of self-control,…

UK vets need special training to report suspected animal abuse

UK vets need special training to report cases of suspected animal abuse and neglect, finds research…

Climate engineering: International meeting reveals tensions

At this point, the greatest danger of climate engineering may be how little is known about…

Digital evidence falls short, can hurt victims of intimate partner violence

New research from LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communication published in the International Journal of Communication…

Compact depth sensor inspired by eyes of jumping spiders

For all our technological advances, nothing beats evolution when it comes to research and development. Take…

New clues as to why mutations in the MYH9 gene cause broad spectrum of disorders in humans

Myosins are motor proteins that convert chemical energy into mechanical work, generating force and movement. Myosin…