The transatlantic slave trade was one of the most devastating and inhumane processes in human history. It is the subject of ...

The genome contains tens of thousands of genes. Like a gigantic orchestra, their interaction is the basis for all vital ...

Great hopes are placed on a new way to combat plant diseases, using RNA to turn off genes that the pathogen needs to initiate ...

Stars are born in clouds of gas and dust, making it difficult to observe their early development. But researchers at Chalmers ...

An international team of researchers at the University of Freiburg and Stanford University investigated how social and ...

Geologically, Mars is very reminiscent of the moon. But it also looks a lot like the Earth. It all depends on who you ask.

Daphna Blatt says she turned to the 2011 book "Flourish" by Martin Seligman, director of the Positive Psychology Center at ...

Experts at Newcastle University analyzed signature whistles produced by bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) recorded off ...

Dust from open cast mining suffocates surrounding forests and inhibits trees' ability to capture carbon from the atmosphere ...

Helen Gittos, a professor of medieval history at Oxford University, in the U.K., has developed a new theory regarding the ...

Plants may burrow into the ground and stretch toward the sun, but they're ultimately stuck where they sprout—at the mercy of ...

Killifish, or egg-laying toothcarps, are known for their ecological adaptability and species diversity. Two families of ...