Promoting women's ownership in wineries can boost sales among the largest group of U.S. wine consumers, who happen to be ...

Animals of the same species don't always look the same. From birds with different beak shapes to mammals that vary in size or ...

When ancient DNA studies began to gain attention, little more than a decade ago, the view took hold among geneticists that ...

Many biological functions are regulated by the switching on and off of mechanisms triggered by the matching of a keyhole ...

In this age of Mars rovers, questions about the planet's ancient past have shifted. A growing body of evidence supports the idea that Mars was once warm and wet. Now researchers are focused on the ...

During hibernation, brown bears spend up to six months lying almost completely still, without eating, drinking or exercising.

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover discovered these bumpy, pea-sized nodules while exploring a region filled with boxwork formations—low ridges standing roughly 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters) tall with sandy ...

How much will heat, flooding, drought and storms increase as a result of human-induced climate change? In a groundbreaking ...

New geological data indicate that marine life is somewhat resilient to warming in the tropics. Chris Fokkema, Earth scientist at Utrecht University, discovered that tropical algae were largely ...

What do you envision when you think of meekness? You probably see a mousy doormat, someone sheepishly acquiescing to the will of the stronger. When Jesus says, "Blessed are the meek, for they shall ...

A yellow disk with rays of white—an icon of childhood drawings and a flower with healing properties. We have picnics on it, ...

The types of glass that we encounter in everyday life, such as window glass or smartphone screens, are disordered solids. This means that they consist of particles locked in place, like those in ...