Millet has been an important crop in East Asia for much of the Holocene, a period beginning about 11,700 years ago. To better understand how environmental conditions may have shaped the development of ...

The rotor blades that will carry NASA's next-generation helicopters to new Martian heights broke the sound barrier during ...

There may be an ultraheavy explanation for the mystery surrounding the origins of the highest-energy particles ever observed.

The intrinsic information-seeking impulse we call curiosity is independent of extrinsic rewards, such as food or mating opportunities. Curiosity is purely the pursuit of understanding the unknown, ...

Ph.D. student Hanne Kloster at the University of Agder (UiA) is behind the first Norwegian study to look at three tick-borne ...

In a process analogous to how solids melt into liquids, the electrons in many different metals form crystal-like patterns ...

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has spearheaded an international research collaboration to develop a pioneering theoretical ...

Readers don't need false information to get the wrong idea. In the online attention economy, UC San Diego research finds that ...

A research team has developed a quantitative policy evaluation framework for assessing how cities can attract startups while maintaining high living standards. In this study, the team evaluated the ...

Why do organizations often return to old patterns even after leaders invest in culture change, training, and transformation ...

Neanderthals may not only have feasted on rhinoceroses, they may also have used their exceptionally hard teeth as specialized ...

No matter how fast a species under threat can move, escape can only be successful if the new destination can meet its needs. An ecological modeling study from the University of California, Davis, ...