On a special night, if you are lucky, you might catch a faint red glow quietly lighting up Japan's sky, stretching low along the horizon and easy to miss if you are not looking carefully. Subtle and ...
Scientists have long known that the DNA code in genes is not the only way to pass genetic traits from parents to offspring. "Epigenetic" marks—chemical modifications to DNA that don't change the DNA ...
As part-night lighting (i.e., turning off streetlights in the middle of the night) becomes more widespread among local ...
The world's forests form a vast network of carbon reservoirs, keeping carbon sequestered from the atmosphere where its ...
From the highest mountains to the deepest ocean, the driest desert to the lushest jungle, Earth displays a dazzling array of ...
Plastic food packaging, caps and lids, and plastic bottles are the planet's predominant items of marine litter, according to the world's first overview of marine litter by usage type.
The offspring of a common coral branching species set up a new home up to 100 kilometers or more from their parents in one of ...
New research published in NeoBiota has found that the Western honey bee—an introduced species to Australia—and the ...
Even if you haven't heard of Botrytis cinerea, you've likely seen it—slowly growing in your store-bought blueberries, ...
The Haystack 37m Telescope has been a landmark in radio astronomy and radar studies of the solar system since its first light ...
The first documented case of a fixed bone bridge unearthed in Portugal was presented in the International Journal of ...
It's a tale as old as time: parents don't like the company their children keep—and don't hesitate to say so. Often, parents ...