Astronomers have found that both the core of our Milky Way and the earliest proto-galaxies in the universe share a surprising ...

Can fungi influence the weather? Turns out, they just might. An international group of researchers that includes Virginia ...

The spread of a particular genre of music reflects the borders between medieval empires in Europe. This is shown by a study ...

A new study on mayflies of the genus Ecdyonurus illustrates just how multifaceted and surprising reproductive behavior in ...

"Follow the water" has been a guiding mantra of astrobiology, and even space exploration more generally, for decades. If you ...

A new study using multidecade satellite imagery and face-to-face human interviews tracked the environmental and societal ...

The study, published in Coral Reefs, tests how winters influence coral sensitivity to bleaching—either priming them to cope ...

Some of the smallest marine species are actually the most important because all other life depends on them. Phytoplankton are ...

Biologists at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have uncovered how the protein NuSAP safeguards tiny structures inside cells called centrioles, revealing a mechanism linked to developmental ...

In areas where freshwater is scarce, farmers often turn to treated wastewater to irrigate crops. And many regulators and consumers worry about exposing food to compounds routinely found in wastewater, ...

When a wolf pack runs down its prey, the first on the scene is often the raven. Even before the predators have had time to dig in, the ravens are already in line, waiting to take advantage of the odd ...

Neuroscientists have uncovered new insights into a key evolutionary question: Why can humans talk when most animals can't? The journal Science published the research led by Emory University and the ...