News Briefs
Jul 13, 2014A study of the links between climate and marine life reveals how changes in physical factors impact everything from single-celled algae to penguins.
Jul 13, 2014Modern humans emerged from a complex 'labyrinth of biology and peoples,' findings suggest
Jul 12, 2014A discovery in green alga Volvox carteri shows how male and female sexes have evolved from a more primitive mating system in a single-celled relative.
Jul 12, 2014A new study shows that some strains of the oceans’ most abundant organism can generate methane as a byproduct of breaking down a compound for its phosphorus
Jul 11, 2014In this fascinating interview, the Huffington Post’s Suzan Mazur talks with NASA Astrobiology Institute Principal Investigator Nigel Goldenfeld.
Jul 11, 2014Scientists discovered that corals can better recover from yearly bouts of heat stress when they keep large energy reserves socked away in their cells.
Jul 11, 2014A new study in quantum biology has revealed a ‘weird’ phenomenon that algae use to survive in low light.
Jul 11, 2014New data from NASA's Cassini mission suggests that the ocean inside Saturn's largest moon, Titan, might be as salty as Earth's Dead Sea.
Jul 10, 2014Paleontologists are currently studying a new specimen of Archaeopteryx, which reveals previously unknown features of the plumage.
Jul 10, 2014The average planetary orbit is ten times as elongated as Earths, a fact that can influence their potential habitability. Dim brown dwarfs may be part of the problem.
Jul 9, 2014An unusual series of recent eruptions has led to the massive burst of solar material from the sun's atmosphere.
Jul 9, 2014Astrobiologists from the United States and Germany have recorded the highest level of UV radiation yet known at the Earth’s surface.
Jul 8, 2014This test was the first of three planned for the LDSD project, developed to evaluate new landing technologies for future Mars missions.
Jul 8, 2014Scientists have identified the origin of dark material scattered over the surface of Vesta in images from NASA’s Dawn mission.
Jul 7, 2014The evolution of the ribosome, a large molecular structure found in the cells of all species, has been revealed in unprecedented detail in a new study.