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Twitter is Helping Scientists Spot More Northern Lights
A new study shows the power of social media to pinpoint where and when auroras occur
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Science on a Shoestring: How Cuba’s Researchers Survived the Embargo
Will normalized U.S.-Cuban relations make science easier in the once-isolated country?
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Scientists Flew a Jet Plane Into a Thunderstorm to Study Antimatter
They got a little too close and saw something unexpected
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Ancient brain fossils show how early animals evolved heads.
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Europe Once Had Bison, and now They’re Making a Comeback
Just like their American cousins, the bison needed help after their numbers were decimated by habitat loss and hunting
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Scientists Are Stopping Malaria With Viagra
Viagra can help boost the spleen’s ability to filter out infected blood cells
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Malaysia Airlines Search Team Finds Sunken Ship Instead
Still no sign of the missing Flight 370.
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In the Future, We Might Take Sunscreen in Pill Form
A discovery in some fish suggests that sunblocking chemicals could be ingested rather than slathered on
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Revealing the Deep Secrets of Deepwater Waves
Scientists hope their study of 1,600-foot underwater waves can help improve climate modeling
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Researchers Create Chicken Embryos With Dinosaur-Like Faces
Researchers seeking to understand how birds got their beaks turned back the evolutionary clock just a tad
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Another Big Earthquake Has Hit Nepal
Second major quake hits as the country still struggles to recover from the last one.
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This Spider Feeds Her Babies by Vomiting up Her Own Guts
Nothing says love like feeding your intestines to your children
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Most American Babies are Born in the Morning
Medical interventions may determine time of birth, says new study
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Turning the American Chestnut into a GMO Might be the Only Way to Save it
Adding wheat genes could help the tree fight off blight
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Dogs are Still the Best Way to Find a Corpse
Man’s best friend is better than any machine when it comes to finding dead bodies.
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The First GMO Is 8,000 Years Old
Scientists find that bacteria modified DNA in sweet potatoes millennia ago
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Goofy Looking Ocean Sunfish Are Actually Active Swimmers and Predators
The idea that these giant fish are lazy is just wrong
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CDC Says Ebola Survivors Should Keep Using Condoms Indefinitely
The virus may survive in semen longer than originally thought
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