Brain imaging may help predict future behavior
Noninvasive brain scans, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging, have led to basic science discoveries about the human brai…
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Newly discovered antibiotic kills pathogens without resistance
For years, pathogens' resistance to antibiotics has put them one step ahead of researchers, which is causing a public health crisi…
Super-Earths have long-lasting oceans
For life as we know it to develop on other planets, those planets would need liquid water, or oceans. Geologic evidence suggests t…
Milky Way core drives wind at 2 million miles per hour
At a time when our earliest human ancestors had recently mastered walking upright, the heart of our Milky Way galaxy underwent a t…
Study casts doubt on mammoth-killing cosmic impact
Rock soil droplets formed by heating most likely came from Stone Age house fires and not from a disastrous cosmic impact 12,900 ye…
Eight new planets found in 'Goldilocks' zone: Two are most similar to Earth of any known exoplanets
Astronomers announced today that they have found eight new planets in the "Goldilocks" zone of their stars, orbiting at a distance…
Year of birth significantly changes impact of obesity-associated gene variant
Investigators working to unravel the impact of genetics versus environment on traits such as obesity may also need to consider a n…
Killing for DNA: A predatory device in the cholera bacterium
Cholera is caused when the bacterium Vibrio cholerae infects the small intestine. The disease is characterized by acute watery dia…
NASA finds good news on forests and carbon dioxide
A new NASA-led study shows that tropical forests may be absorbing far more carbon dioxide than many scientists thought, in respons…
IPCC report: Climate change threatens irreversible and dangerous impacts, but options exist to limit its effects
Human influence on the climate system is clear and growing, with impacts observed on all continents. If left unchecked, climate ch…
