Research shows post-release digital movie piracy can boost ticket sales

Movie studios estimate that they lose billions of dollars to digital movie piracy. But a new…

Chemists build natural anti-cancer compound with efficient new process

Scripps Research chemists Hans Renata, Ph.D., and Alexander Adibekian, Ph.D., have discovered a way to efficiently…

Raphael's face reconstructed to solve tomb mystery

Art sleuths have created a 3-D reconstruction of the face of Italian painter Raphael, solving an…

The future of air travel in a warmer world

Air travel contributes to climate change, but scientists have only recently discovered that climate change is,…

NASA satellites capture Isaias' nighttime track into Canada

Tropical Storm Isaias has transitioned into a post-tropical storm as it moved out of the U.S.…

DNA from an ancient, unidentified ancestor was passed down to humans living today

A new analysis of ancient genomes suggests that different branches of the human family tree interbred…

Mix of contaminants in Fukushima wastewater, risks of ocean dumping

Nearly 10 years after the Tohoku-oki earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant…

New insight into the evolution of complex life on Earth

A novel connection between primordial organisms and complex life has been discovered, as new evidence sheds…

Why shaving dulls even the sharpest of razors

Razors, scalpels, and knives are commonly made from stainless steel, honed to a razor-sharp edge and…

'Roaming reactions' study to shed new light on atmospheric molecules

A detailed study of roaming reactions—where atoms of compounds split off and orbit other atoms to…