Off the hook: Manta ray asks divers for helping hand

A giant manta ray with several fishing hooks caught below its eye appeared to ask two…

The real midlife crisis confronting many Americans

The way my mom imagined it, midlife was going to be great: counting down days until…

Improving heat recycling with the thermodiffusion effect

Absorption heat transformers can effectively reuse the waste heat generated in various industries. In these devices,…

Study bolsters case that climate change is driving many California wildfires

Against a backdrop of long-term rises in temperature in recent decades, California has seen ever higher…

Next generation metagenomics: Exploring the opportunities and challenges

A new expert review highlights the opportunities and methodological challenges at this critical juncture in the…

Hawaii activists protesting over start of work on telescope

Hundreds of demonstrators are gathered at the base of Hawaii’s tallest mountain to protest the construction…

Mapping the moon for Apollo

At an International Astronomical Union meeting in 1955, noted astronomer Gerard Kuiper asked for suggestions and…

Silica aerogel could make Mars habitable

People have long dreamed of re-shaping the Martian climate to make it livable for humans. Carl…

Extinct human species likely breast fed for a year after birth, study suggests

Infants of the extinct human species Australopithecus africanus likely breast fed for up to a year…

World's island conifers threatened with extinction from climate change

A new study finds that climate change will put many conifer species native to small islands…