Since the 1960s, greenhouse gas emissions from rice paddies have doubled to the approximate equivalent of 1.1 billion tons of carbon dioxide annually, a team led by Boston College researchers reports ...

Researchers describe Tylosaurus rex from more than a dozen previously known fossils and update dataset crucial for studying mosasaur evolution “Everything is bigger in Texas and that includes the ...

Fig. 1 | Map of the study area. A. Locations of the Chincha Valley and other Andean sites referenced in this study that yielded ancient DNA data. B. The archaeological sites under investigation for ...

Younger generations appear to be experiencing poorer health earlier in life than previous generations, according to a review of studies comparing national birth cohort datasets involving tens of ...

Top AI systems only match human examiners for grade bands when marking undergraduate essays around half the time, study finds. AI shows bias towards rewarding complex prose styles regardless of ...

Discovery by Johns Hopkins researchers of daily cloud cycle on a Hot Jupiter planet provides unique window into its make-up and evolution Sand clouds form every morning but clear up by nightfall on ...

Large numbers of college students are now using artificial intelligence to complete – and cheat on – their assignments, suggesting that colleges and universities need to change how they are evaluating ...

A new study from Adelaide University has found that when ocean acidification makes reef habitat less complex, the fish living there gather in smaller shoals that offer less social protection.

Gold has been prized for thousands of years for its enduring shine, but Tulane University researchers have discovered that gold’s resistance to tarnishing depends on more than its chemistry. In a new ...

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have identified a key neural circuit that helps the brain “change gears.” The study shows that a tiny brainstem structure called the locus ...

Hair, nails, and horns, all made up of keratin, are some of the hardest and most resilient structures in animals. Inside ...