All Science
- How a humongous garbage patch in the Pacific breeds new bugs
The great Pacific garbage patch has created a new breeding ground for a marine insect, which in turn is changing Pacific ecosystems.
- Rare gorillas captured by hidden camera
The video offers researchers a very unusual opportunity to view the Cross River gorilla behaving normally.
- Planetary wrecking balls: how Jupiter might have destroyed Earth
'Hot Jupiters' are Jupiter-mass planets orbiting close to stars. A study suggests that they might have been kicked inward from their original orbit, destroying or ejecting other planets.
- Did gassy dinosaurs cause global warming?
A new study found that giant plant-eating dinosaurs could have produced giant quantities of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas.
- 'Monster sunspot' may foretell powerful solar flares, says NASA
A huge sunspot spanning more than 60,000 miles could erupt, sending high energy radiation into space.
- Were pliable heads an adaptation to walking upright?
New research relates hominin brain growth to walking on two feet.
- Was ancient crocodile world's largest?
Researchers have recently unearthed what they think may have been the biggest crocodile ever to have lived on Earth.
- Horsehair helps locate the origins of domestication
A new study points to the area made up of Kazhakstan, Russia and Ukraine as the region that was home to the first domesticated horses.
- Scientists: Dinosaur flatulence may have warmed Earth
Like gigantic, long-necked, prehistoric cows, sauropod dinosaurs roamed widely around the Earth 150 million years ago, scientists reported in the journal Current Biology on Monday.
- Did dinosaur 'emissions' help warm the prehistoric climate?
In a new study, scientists theorize that giant, vegetation-munching sauropods emitted nearly as much methane each year into the warm atmosphere as do all natural and industrial sources today.
- Did a copying mistake give rise to human intelligence?
New research suggests that a copying error found in humans seems to distinguish human brains from those of primates.
- Heartland Institute's digital billboards make bombastic comparisons
New billboards designed by the Heartland Institute compare climate scientists to the Unabomber, and other mass murderers. Climate scientists and other writers respond.
- Researchers tinker with bird flu: Are enough safeguards in place?
A new study and one to be published soon on Asian bird flu have prompted debate about safeguards during research and how much access others should have to research details.
- Supermoon Saturday: Why it's the biggest, brightest of 2012
Supermoon Saturday: It's also called the 'Flower Moon,' and 'Milk Moon.' The 'supermoon' will be only 221,802 miles from Earth, the closest to our planet this year.
- Jetman swoops across Brazilian skyline
The Swiss aviator Yves Rossy recently flew across the Rio de Janeiro sky with his jet-propelled wing, parachuting safely to a southern Brazilian beach.
- Zombie ant fungus, meet the anti-zombie-ant fungus
A new study has found that a zombifying ant fungus can be kept at bay by another pathogen.
- Will Saturday's 'supermoon' destroy the Earth?
No, it won't. You people really need to learn to calm down.
- Greenland's glaciers melting faster, say scientists
Greenland's glaciers are melting 30 faster than they were a decade ago, satellite images reveal.
- European Space Agency to explore Jupiter's moons
The ESA has given the go-ahead for a solar-powered space probe that will examine the icy Jovian moons of Ganymede and Europa, along with Jupiter's upper atmosphere.
- Plants flowering much faster as global temperatures rise
Scientists have been underestimating the effects of climate change on plant growth, according to a recent study.