science
The brain consumes half of a child’s energy — and that...
Weight gain occurs when an individual's energy intake exceeds their energy expenditure -- in other words, when calories in exceed calories out. What is...
NASA’s Cassini reveals New Sculpting in Saturn Rings
As NASA's Cassini dove close to Saturn in its final year, the spacecraft provided intricate detail on the workings of Saturn's complex rings, new...
Groundwater pumping has significantly reduced US stream flows
Groundwater pumping in the last century has contributed as much as 50 percent to stream flow declines in some U.S. rivers, according to new...
Melting of Himalayan glaciers has doubled in recent years
A newly comprehensive study shows that melting of Himalayan glaciers caused by rising temperatures has accelerated dramatically since the start of the 21st century....
Perfect quantum portal emerges at exotic interface
Researchers at the University of Maryland have captured the most direct evidence to date of a quantum quirk that allows particles to tunnel through...
New research shows an iceless Greenland may be in our future
New research shows an iceless Greenland may be in the future. If worldwide greenhouse gas emissions remain on their current trajectory, Greenland may be...
Study finds any single hair from the human body can be...
Any single hair from anywhere on the human body can be used to identify a person.
This conclusion is one of the key findings from...
Astronomers make first detection of polarised radio waves in Gamma Ray...
Good fortune and cutting-edge scientific equipment have allowed scientists to observe a Gamma Ray Burst jet with a radio telescope and detect the polarisation...
Learning constrains further learning, neuroscientists find
Why is it that a master musician can learn a new score in no time, yet encounter difficulty learning something else, like skateboarding tricks?...
56 new species of arachnids found in Western Australia
Researchers at The University of Western Australia and the Western Australian Museum have discovered 56 new species of arachnids, known as schizomids, in Western...
Leaving microbes out of climate change conversation has major consequences, experts...
More than 30 microbiologists from 9 countries have issued a warning to humanity—they are calling for the world to stop ignoring an 'unseen majority'...
