The lunar cycle drives the nightjar's migration

GPS tracking data reveals that the foraging activity of the European nightjar more than doubles during…

Natural loss of foot muscle in rodents shares mechanisms often associated with disease and injury

New insight on how the natural loss of foot muscles occurred in rodents and other species…

Pro-science vs anti-science debates

Recent attacks on “grievance” studies have occasioned renewed attention to the politics of knowledge in the…

Research highlights importance of religious vote amid changing social landscape

Canadians who consider religion to be important in their lives were still more likely to vote…

How status sticks to genes

Those at the bottom of the social ladder are known to live shorter and sicker lives…

Protein that triggers plant defences to light stress identified

A newly discovered protein turns on plants’ cellular defence to excessive light and other stress factors…

Tiny droplets allow bacteria to survive daytime dryness on leaves

Microscopic droplets on the surface of leaves give refuge to bacteria that otherwise may not survive…

NASA provides a farewell infrared view of extra-tropical storm Melissa

NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over North Atlantic Ocean on Oct. 14 and provided forecasters with…

Discovered: Unknown yellow colors from antiquity

Archaeologists have long known that artefacts from the Antiquity were far more colorful than one would…

Heron survey fishes out detail in ghostly galaxy outskirts

Astronomers have completed the largest survey to date of the faint outskirts of nearby galaxies, successfully…