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Science can now link climate change with some extreme weather events
Extreme weather events like floods, heat waves and droughts can devastate communities and populations worldwide. Recent scientific advances have enabled…
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Many species now going extinct may vanish without a fossil trace
Scientists struggle to compare the magnitude of Earth’s ongoing sixth mass-extinction event with the five great die-offs of prehistory. A…
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Venice hasn’t stopped sinking after all
The water flowing through Venice’s famous canals laps at buildings a little higher every…
Discovery Provides Blueprint for New Drugs That Can Inhibit Hepatitis C Virus
Chemists at the University of California, San Diego have produced the first high resolution…
Cardiologists identify mechanism that makes heart disease worse in diabetics
UT Southwestern Medical Center cardiologists have uncovered how a specific protein’s previously unsuspected role…
Genetic manipulation boosts growth of brain cells linked to learning, enhances effects of antidepressants
UT Southwestern Medical Center investigators have identified a genetic manipulation that increases the development of…
Could a Milky Way Supernova Be Visible from Earth in Next 50 Years?
Astronomers at The Ohio State University have calculated the odds that, sometime during the next…