science
The shape of a bird’s wing determines where it lives
The left bird, Dark batis (Batis crypta) has smaller round wings. The bird on the right, Dusky Woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus), has long pointy wings...
Quake-detection app captured nearly 400 temblors worldwide
From Feb. 12, 2016 -- the release date of the MyShake app -- until Dec. 1, 2016, 395 earthquakes with confirmed waveforms were detected...
Teen use of any illicit drug other than marijuana at new...
Teenagers' use of drugs, alcohol and tobacco declined significantly in 2016, say investigators.Image Credit: Flickr/tristanforestjames
Teenagers' use of drugs, alcohol and tobacco declined significantly in...
For first time, researchers measure properties of water at deeply supercooled...
Water is unlike other substances because its solid form -- like this iceberg -- is less dense than its liquid form -- like this...
New evidence on the formation of the solar system
Supercomputer model of a low-mass supernova.Credit: Bernhard Mueller, MNRAS 453, 287-310 (2015)
International research involving a Monash University scientist is using new computer models and...
Secrets of the Paleo diet: Archeological discovery reveals plant-based menu of...
Euryale ferox, from the water lily family, is one of several plant species that are considered extinct in Israel and the Levant region and...
A handful of nuts a day cuts the risk of a...
People who eat at least 20g of nuts a day have a lower risk of heart disease, cancer and other diseases.Image Credit: Flickr/naomii
A large...
During last period of global warming, Antarctica warmed 2 to 3...
Antarctic warmed between two and three times the average temperature increase worldwide, according to a new study. Image Credit: Flickr/Ben
Following Earth's last ice age,...
Missing 1-2 Hours of Sleep Doubles Crash Risk
Drivers missing 2-3 hours of sleep in a 24-hour period more than quadrupled their risk of a crash compared to drivers getting the recommended...
Hot hydrogen atoms discovered in Earth’s upper atmosphere
A schematic diagram of the Global Ultraviolet Imager observational geometry. The TIMED satellite is orbiting at 625 km and viewing in the anti-sunward limb...
Observing crystallization at the molecular level for the first time
Correlation between cryo-transmission electron microscope (TEM) images and the crystal structure. (l) TEM image showing three colliding clusters. The scale bar is 10 nm....
