By probing chemical processes observed in the Earth's hot mantle, scientists have started developing a library of basalt-based spectral signatures that not only will help reveal the composition of ...

A University of Miami study offers new insights into language development in children with hearing loss, suggesting language ...

Observing our planet from the International Space Station since July 2022, NASA's EMIT (Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source ...

UC Santa Barbara researchers and their colleagues estimate that without intervention, plastic pollution is on track to double ...

Microorganisms—bacteria, viruses and other tiny life forms—may drive biological variation in visible life as much, if not ...

The Whitfield County Fire Department awarded the Meritorious Civilian Award for Bravery to 15-year-old José Fernando Espinoza ...

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Environmental DNA harvested from the ocean, land and air can help scientists monitor wildlife. The challenge is figuring out how to interpret this eDNA.

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The chances of intelligent life emerging in our Universe – and in any hypothetical ones beyond it – can be estimated by a new ...

Rather than literally translating English words, experts have focused on visually representing the underlying concepts for ...

Motion illusions override the eye’s compensatory mechanisms for stabilizing movements. The brain works intensively to process ...