New approach for detecting planets in the Alpha Centauri system
Yale astronomers have taken a fresh look at the nearby Alpha Centauri star system.
Credit: Illustration by Michael S. Helfenbein
Yale astronomers have taken a fresh...
Direct amygdala stimulation can enhance human memory for a day
Illustration of the basolateral amygdala (blue), hippocampus (yellow), and perirhinal cortex (pink) and electrical signals from each region during a recognition test trial.
Credit: Cory...
Ancient fossil microorganisms indicate that life in the universe is common
This is a 3.465 billion year-old fossil microorganism from Western Australia.
Credit: J. William Schopf/UCLA Center for the Study of Evolution and the Origin of...
Heat from below Pacific Ocean fuels Yellowstone, study finds
From left, geology graduate students Jiashun Hu and Quan Zhou and professor Lijun Liu challenge traditional theories about western US volcanism with new evidence...
Global nitrogen footprint mapped for first time
Nitrogen international trade routes and intensity.
Credit: Source: University of Sydney
The first-ever global nitrogen footprint, encompassing 188 countries, has found the United States, China, India...
Engineers create plants that glow
Illumination of a book ('Paradise Lost,' by John Milton) with the nanobionic light-emitting plants (two 3.5-week-old watercress plants). The book and the light-emitting watercress...
Mapping the evolutionary history of a sugar gene
Beef cattle in pasture (stock image).
Credit: © Tom / Fotolia
Around two million years ago, a genetic change occurred that differentiated humans from most other...
Living on thin air — microbe mystery solved
Adams Flat, one of the two sites in Antarctica where microbes were collected.
Credit: Phil O'Brien
UNSW-Sydney led scientists have discovered that microbes in Antarctica have...
Hydraulic fracturing negatively impacts infant health, study finds
Fracking.
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From North Dakota to Ohio to Pennsylvania, hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, has transformed small towns into energy powerhouses....
Fossil orphans reunited with their parents after half a billion years
This is an image of Pseudooides.
Credit: University of Bristol
Everyone wants to be with their family over the holidays, but spare a thought for a...
Human evolution was uneven and punctuated
Interior view of the cave and excavation trench as of the end of the 2012 field season.
Credit: João Zilhão
Neanderthals survived at least 3,000 years...
