Researchers identify five double star systems potentially suitable for life
Almost half a century ago the creators of Star Wars imagined a life-sustaining planet, Tatooine, orbiting a pair of stars. Now, 44 years later,...
Water purification system engineered from wood, with help from a microwave oven
Researchers in Sweden have developed a more eco-friendly way to remove heavy metals, dyes and other pollutants from water. The answer lies in filtering...
Snake species from different terrains surrender surface secrets behind slithering success
Some snake species slither across the ground, while others climb trees, dive through sand or glide across water. Today, scientists report that the surface...
Study shows multiple factors shape timing of birth in mule deer
A five-year study of mule deer does and newborn fawns in western Wyoming shows that migrating deer have a lot to balance when it...
Bigger brains gave squirrels the capacity to move up in the world
Squirrels and other tree-dwelling rodents evolved to have bigger brains than their burrowing cousins, a study suggests.
This greater brain power has given them key...
How many T. rexes were there? Billions.
How many Tyrannosaurus rexes roamed North America during the Cretaceous period?
That's a question Charles Marshall pestered his paleontologist colleagues with for years until he...
Water and quantum magnets share critical physics
Mathematicians and engineers at the University of Utah have teamed up to show how ultrasound waves can organize carbon particles in water into a...
Researchers generate human-monkey chimeric embryos
Investigators in China and the United States have injected human stem cells into primate embryos and were able to grow chimeric embryos for a...
Study cements age and location of hotly debated skull from early human Homo erectus
A new study verifies the age and origin of one of the oldest specimens of Homo erectus--a very successful early human who roamed the world...
Cascading effects of noise on plants persist over long periods and after noise is...
Though noise may change moment by moment for humans, it has a more lasting effect on trees and plants.
A new Cal Poly study reveals...
Dueling evolutionary forces drive rapid evolution of salamander coloration
Two opposing evolutionary forces explain the presence of the two different colors of spotted salamander egg masses at ponds in Pennsylvania, according to a...
