Renowned neurobiologist and former taekwondo captain Chih-Ying Su leaves US for China
Celebrated neurobiologist Chih-Ying Su, who specialises in research on the sense of smell using fruit flies and mosquitoes,…
South Africa in the late 1800s planted millions of Australian acacias to stabilise sand dunes, but today scientists say they’re draining rivers and replacing native ecosystems | World News
South Africa faces a severe water crisis stemming from Australian trees introduced over a century ago. These invasive…
America 250: From 1776 to the moon and beyond (A Space.com series)
Happy Fourth of July, Space Fans! As the United States celebrates its 250th birthday, we here at Space.com…
Giraffes can solve simple addition problems, study finds
A new study has found that giraffes can carry out a simple kind of addition in their heads.…
Scientists Have Identified a New Fossil Species of Axolotl in Mexico
Researchers at the Zaragoza School of Advanced Studies (FES Zaragoza) at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)…
Storms down trees, leave thousands without power in Chicago area – NBC Chicago
More 70,000 people were left without power as powerful storms hit the Chicago area Friday, forcing many Fourth…
NASA Mission To Rescue The Falling Swift Observatory Has Launched
A robotic spacecraft called LINK will soon tug the telescope to a higher orbit.
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How astrophysicist Arthur McDonald’s summer job at a power plant came full circle
Open this photo in gallery: Photo Illustration by The Globe and Mail. Sources: Queen’s University, Getty Images Even…
Baby kangaroo swats at a swooping magpie in Australia
This cute video from Australia shows a baby kangaroo reacting to a persistent magpie that keeps swooping and…
Mass. to end contract with Biobot for wastewater surveillance
Biobot Analytics, founded by two MIT students, transformed the dirty business of sewage into an important new public…
Westerly issues emergency water ban as town experiences water issues
(WJAR) — The Town of Westerly announced an outdoor water usage ban Friday morning, heading into one of…
30 years on, “Independence Day” still proves the versatility of the original “The War of the Worlds”
“Independence Day” definitely isn’t “The War of the Worlds”. The characters are all new, the alien invaders don’t…