Not just genes: Environment also shaped population variation in first Americans

The first Americans—humans who crossed onto the North American continent and then dispersed throughout Central and…

Study examines how media around the world frame climate change news

Climate change is a problem facing countries around the world, but media coverage of the topic…

NASA finds Henriette fading

Infrared imagery from NASA’s Terra satellite found just a few scattered areas of cold clouds in…

Through the kidneys to the exit

Scientists at the National University of Science and Technology “MISIS” (NUST MISIS) have identified a new…

Conservationists urge 'tighter wildlife laws' after Trump move

Countries should be strengthening their laws protecting endangered species, not weakening them, international conservationists said Tuesday,…

Greta Thunberg says the climate debate is slowly shifting

A year after starting a school strike that made her a figurehead for the fight against…

What's more powerful, word-of-mouth or following someone else's lead?

Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh, UCLA and the University of Texas published new research in…

NASA sees wide center in tropical storm Krosa

NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over the Northwestern Pacific Ocean and captured a good shot of the…

Finding a cosmic fog within shattered intergalactic pancakes

To understand the most ordinary matter in the universe—and the extraordinary things that happen to it—a…

New water-beetle species show biodiversity still undiscovered in at-risk South American habitats

Researchers from the University of Kansas have described three genera and 17 new species of water…