Marine scientists have hoisted up a mysterious new species of “supergiant” amphipods from one of the deepest ocean trenches in…
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Drinking milk could boost your brain power
Milk has long been known to help build healthy bones and provide the body with a vitamin and protein boost.…
Fungi Discovered, Will Eat Plastic
The Amazon is home to more species than almost anywhere else on earth. One of them, carried home recently by…
Live Snub-Nosed Monkeys Caught on Camera
A snub-nosed monkey crouches in a mountain jungle in northern Myanmar (Burma) this past spring in one of several pictures…
‘Panic button’ could help cancer defy drugs
Stressed yeast cells frantically reshuffle their chromosomes in a desperate last bid to find a combination that survives. This “panic”…
Defender of the weakest
Tony Boursiquot flashes the smile known to thousands of poor children and others across Haiti as he negotiates his SUV…
Cream can clear skin cancer without surgery
A radioactive ‘paint’ could cure up to 3,000 people with skin cancer every year. In just two hours, the new…
Oldest Dinosaur Nests Found
A nesting site for dinosaur eggs found in South Africa is 100 million years older than the previous oldest site.…
First Picture of Alien Planet…
In 2008, astronomers spotted the first exoplanet in visual light orbiting a distant star. But now, a new study suggests…
Long Life Is Still in Your Genes
Will you live to 100? Last year, scientists published a study proposing a “genetic signature” that could help answer that…