When a booming marine fishery can increase its shrimp catch while also reducing unintentional bycatch of turtlesthat's an example of what environmental scientists and managers call a "win-win." Model… [+4173 chars]
Back in April 2021, NASA chose SpaceX to develop a lunar lander that will take astronauts to the moon for its future Artemis missions. SpaceX's vehicle won't be the only one flying astronauts to the … [+2550 chars]
The number of sunspots on our sun typically ebbs and flows in a predictable 11-year cycle, but one unusual 70-year period when sunspots were incredibly rare has mystified scientists for 300 years. No… [+7110 chars]
image: At the intersection of engineered materials and computation, spin-glass systems comprise a disordered system of nanomagnets arising from random interactions and competition between two types o… [+3881 chars]
Researchers at the School of Science at IUPUI have found that blow flies can be used as chemical sensors, with a particular focus on the detection of chemical warfare agents.Despite widespread bans, … [+3968 chars]
NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins is a geoscientist whose work has stretched from Earth all the way to Mars. Currently assigned to fly to space for the first time in 2022 with SpaceX's Crew-4 mission t… [+8081 chars]
NASA confirmed the existence of 65 new exoplanets this week. This brings the total to 5,005 planets outside of our solar system. 30 years since the first discovery, the pace is only quickening. With … [+2277 chars]
<li>Beall, C. M. Andean, Tibetan, and Ethiopian patterns of adaptation to high-altitude hypoxia. Integr. Comp. Biol.46, 1824 (2006). PubMed Google Scholar </li><li>Bigham, A. W. Genetics of huma… [+30118 chars]
image: Charm quarks and antiquarks in protons of atomic nuclei of the Earth's atmospheric gases may produce some of neutrinos recorded by modern neutrino detectors.view more Credit: Sources: IceCub… [+9820 chars]
A new study by Jonathan Katz of Washington University in St. Louis suggests that a recently discovered periodic radio transient source, designated GLEAM-X J162759.5523504.3, may be a rare white dwarf… [+3728 chars]
Spinosaurus, the largest-known carnivorous dinosaur, and its closest relatives long have confounded scientists trying to understand how these unusual water-loving beasts lived their lives and hunted … [+3852 chars]
NASA astronaut Harrison Schmitt collects lunar samples during the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. NASA In December 1972, NASA astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt drilled into the surface of th… [+3027 chars]