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Newly-discovered bipedal crocodile ancestor terrorized pre-dinosaur world
Artist’s reconstruction of Carnufex carolinensis. Image by Jorge Gonzalez. Before dinosaurs roamed the Earth, the region we now know as North Carolina was ruled by a fearsome, bipedal, 9-foot-long...
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Could heads or tails be your best March Madness bracket gamble?
Close up of hand tossing coin via Getty Images. Dr. Dae Hee Kwak, a professor at the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology, decided to try flipping a coin in 2011 to see if chance could...
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Prehistoric hunt suggests humans arrived in North America earlier than...
Bones of a prehistoric horse found near a Canadian reservoir points to evidence that humans migrated to North America earlier than previously thought, according to a new study published today. Photo...
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What a 500-year-old latrine teaches us about human migration and the spread...
What was once a chute for both human and material waste in Jerusalem has now proven to be a store of new information about Christian migrants to the city, and the pathogens they brought with them....
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Scientists turn wastewood into high-octane fuel and artificial vanilla...
Scientists at Purdue University developed a method that turns wastewood, such as mulch, into a naturally based alternative fuel source and vanilla flavorings and fragrances. Photo courtesy of Steve...
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Photo essay: DIY airplanes, submarines, Lamborghini and other homemade...
Liu Wanyong, 52, treads water while pedaling on his invention, a bicycle that stays afloat thanks to a pair of white plastic tubes, in Zhenning, Guizhou province in China. Photo by Reuters/Stringer....
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Designing disease-resistant robots for the front lines of the Ebola crisis
Watch VideoRELATED LINKSThis is how you get Ebola, as explained by science In Sierra Leone village, Ebola aid appears ‘too little, too late’ Separating legitimate Ebola concerns from unnecessary fear...
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Astronaut Scott Kelly to return to space for one year
NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly is seen inside a Soyuz simulator at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC), Wednesday, Mar. 4, 2105 in Star City, Russia.Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls On Friday,...
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Armor-like shark skin may offer blueprint for defense against superbugs
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSMutating Gonorrhea and ‘Superbugs’ Coming Soon to a Town Near You? Spread of Antibiotic-Resistant ‘Superbugs’ Causes Global Concerns One ‘superbug’ victim...
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Is a 600-hour pilot too green to be safe?
A pilot stands inside the cockpit during boarding for the Germanwings flight 9441, formerly flight 9525, from Barcelona to Dusseldorf, on Friday. The German pilot believed to have deliberately crashed...
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Costa Rica utilities burned no fossil fuel in first 75 days of 2015
Water gushes out of a hydroelectric dam in Costa Rica, May 25, 2007. Costa Rica has met all its energy needs using only renewables so far this year. Photo by Juan Carlos Ulate/Reuters. In late January,...
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Studies suggest that with age comes a willingness to trust
A pair of recent studies found that as people grow, they are more likely to trust others on average. Photo by Steve Cole/E+ via Getty. Despite what conventional wisdom may suggest, new research has...
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Astronaut Scott Kelly sets out to break an American record in space
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSAstronaut Scott Kelly to return to space for one year How much would you sacrifice to be the first person on Mars? Does spaceflight accelerate immune...
View ArticleHow zapping his brain made Miles O’Brien a better pilot
Not long ago, the NewsHour’s science correspondent Miles O’Brien tested the effectiveness of brain stimulation by performing a tricky helicopter landing with — and without — a jolt to the brain. In a...
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How a gentle electrical jolt can focus a sluggish mind
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSHow zapping his brain made Miles O’Brien a better pilot Can memory video games deliver on brain-boosting claims? I is for infant: Reading aloud to young...
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This tiny songbird flies Canada to Puerto Rico nonstop
A breeding male blackpoll warbler. Photo by Robert Royse Every year, from September to November, millions of tiny songbirds gather along the Northern coastline, get fat feasting on insects and take to...
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Babies resemble tiny scientists more than you might think
A new study suggests that babies are more likely to learn when an object acts in a way that surprises them. That may help to explain why games like peekaboo hold an infant’s attention. Photo courtesy...
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Brain ‘gender’ more flexible than once believed, study finds
Credit: Getty Images A team of researchers successfully changed the gender in the brains of newborn rats from female to male, according to findings published this week in Nature Neuroscience....
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Want more women in science and math? Pay attention to group projects, study...
A scientific researcher extracts the RNA from embryonic stem cells in a laboratory. Photo by Getty ImagesGroup projects may hold the key to getting more girls and women to enter science, technology,...
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A reactivated Large Hadron Collider set to explore ‘uncharted territory’
Illustration of improved Large Hadron Collider in preparation for its second season. Illustration by Daniel Dominguez, Maximilien Brice and Cinzia De Melis/CERNThe world’s largest and most powerful...
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