Month: August 2012

High above the clouds during thunderstorms, some 50 miles above Earth a different kind of…

Girls with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) — and their families — often look forward…

A rare large-scale attempt to simulate volcanic eruptions will provide much-needed insight into one of…

Each year scientists predict the low point of Arctic Sea ice. The final predictions were…

Women who are overweight or obese are more likely to deliver infants who are large…

A geologist, is the author of a new book that explores the long history of…

Biologists suggest that growing up at warmer temperatures helps some aquatic animals cope with climate…

Pioneering mass spectrometry methods are helping plant biologists get their first glimpses of never-before-seen plant…

A three-year study into a set of manuscripts compiled and written by one of Britain’s…

From an engineer’s perspective, plants such as palm trees, bamboo, maples and even potatoes are…