Month: August 2012

A new genetic analysis focusing on Jews from North Africa has provided an overall genetic…

With the Mars rover Curiosity’s successful landing Sunday, Aug. 5, at 10:32 p.m. PDT, U.S….

An image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance…

A colorful, fruit-eating bird with a black mask, pale belly and scarlet breast – never…

Babies born to overweight mothers gain less weight and grow more slowly than those born…

Improvements in lighting — from candles to gas lamps to electric bulbs — historically have…

Researchers combined bouncing photons with advanced optics to enable them to “see” what’s hidden around…

Two proteins that act in opposing directions — one that promotes cancer and one that…

Scientists are taking a new look at Earth patterns, studying the biodiversity of yard plants…

Tree cover in the nation’s Lower 48 states covers 659 million acres, more than one-third…