Team identifies water-bearing minerals on asteroid Bennu

A Southwest Research Institute-led team discovered evidence of abundant water-bearing minerals on the surface of the…

Starving bacteria can eject their tails to save energy and stay alive

When nutrients are dangerously low, a group of bacteria have been found to take the drastic…

Starving bacteria can eject their tails to save energy and stay alive

When nutrients are dangerously low, a group of bacteria have been found to take the drastic…

OSIRIS-REx reveals asteroid Bennu has big surprises

A NASA spacecraft that will return a sample of a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu to Earth…

OSIRIS-REx reveals asteroid Bennu has big surprises

A NASA spacecraft that will return a sample of a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu to Earth…

Study finds natural selection favors cheaters

Mutualisms, which are interactions between members of different species that benefit both parties, are found everywhere—from…

Study finds natural selection favors cheaters

Mutualisms, which are interactions between members of different species that benefit both parties, are found everywhere—from…

Woolly stars need catastrophes to live

A small, crunchy, spiny plant redefines toughness as it thrives on catastrophic flooding. The endangered Santa…

Woolly stars need catastrophes to live

A small, crunchy, spiny plant redefines toughness as it thrives on catastrophic flooding. The endangered Santa…

Woolly star plants need catastrophes to live

The endangered Santa Ana Woolly Star depends on catastrophic floods. Thanks to a huge dam, natural…