They fan out into lily-pad-shaped disks, branch haphazardly like the antlers of deer, and hold fast…
Chinese tombs yield earliest evidence of cannabis use
Researchers uncover the earliest known evidence of cannabis use, from tombs in western China. …
Elephants walk more direct paths under risk of poaching
Elephants move faster and straighter when moving through risky areas, researchers have discovered, meandering more when…
Solar activity forecast for next decade favorable for exploration
The last astronauts of the Apollo program were lucky. Not just because they were chosen to…
Why do massive (and not-so-massive) stars form?
The Milky Way Project: Probing Star Formation with a New Yellowball Catalog presents a study of…
NASA's Mars 2020 will blaze a trail for humans
When a female astronaut first sets foot on the moon in 2024, the historic moment will…
Moon maps, lunar origins and everything between
The moon’s consistent appearance in the sky each night may lull earthlings into a sense of…
National MagLab creates world-record magnetic field with small, compact coil
A novel magnet half the size of a cardboard toilet tissue roll usurped the title of…
Soon, air pollution could be measured on every street corner
Air pollution is responsible for 550,000 premature deaths a year in Europe and 7 million worldwide,…
Solving the mystery of why atmospheric carbon dioxide was lower during ice ages
Since scientists first determined that atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) was significantly lower during ice age periods…