A model to decipher the complexity of gene regulation

How, where and when genes are expressed determine individual phenotypes. If gene expression is controlled by…

How genetics, resources and a long-distant relative helped killfish adapt to extreme pollution

The combination of a big population, good genes and luck helps explain how a species of…

Computer model suggests earthquakes are triggered well beyond fluid injection zones

Using data from field experiments and modeling of ground faults, researchers at Tufts University have discovered…

What makes a planet habitable

Which of Earth's features were essential for the origin and sustenance of life? And how do…

Running may have made dinosaurs’ wings flap before they evolved to fly

Before they evolved the ability to fly, two-legged dinosaurs may have begun to flap their wings…

Forest fires accelerating snowmelt across western US, study finds

Forest fires are causing snow to melt earlier in the season, a trend occurring across the…

New clues to coastal erosion

New research has uncovered a missing nutrient source in coastal oceans, which could promote better water…

What next for cyclone-hit Mozambique?

Mozambique is reeling after an unprecedented two cyclones swept ashore within six weeks, wreaking havoc and…

SpaceX confirms crew capsule destroyed in ground testing

SpaceX has confirmed that its crew capsule was destroyed in ground testing two weeks ago.

PIA22838: NASA's AIRS Images Cyclone Fani Before Landfall

           Target: Earth Mission:  Aqua Instrument:  AIRS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech AIRS Project Click here…