When did humans start getting the common cold?
Most people catch the common cold at least once a year, making the seasonal sniffles a staple of the human experience. But when...
Scientists solve chemical mystery at the interface of biology and technology
Researchers who want to bridge the divide between biology and technology spend a lot of time thinking about translating between the two different...
Low-intensity grazing is locally better for biodiversity but challenging for land users, a new...
The grazing of both domestic and wild animals is shaping landscapes across Europe. It can also contribute to multiple ecosystem services, such as...
Researchers parse oddity of distantly related bats in Solomon Islands that appear identical
A study of body size in leaf-nosed bats of the Solomon Islands has revealed surprising genetic diversity among nearly indistinguishable species on different...
NASA’s Webb maps weather on planet 280 light-years away
An international team of researchers has successfully used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to map the weather on the hot gas-giant exoplanet WASP-43...
Dusty ‘Cat’s Paw Nebula’ contains a type of molecule never seen in space —...
Researchers have detected an unusually large, previously undetected molecule in the Cat's Paw Nebula, a star-forming region about 5,500 light-years from Earth. At...
Can these awesome rocks become central Asia’s first UNESCO Geopark?
The Madygen formation...
James Webb telescope reveals fiery ‘mane’ of the Horsehead Nebula in spectacular new images
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured the sharpest images yet of the Horsehead Nebula — a vast cloud of equine-looking gas rearing...