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Erotic Images Entice Even When InvisibleA surprising new study finds that our actions can be swayed by erotic images even when we don't consciously see them.
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The 100-Year Forecast: More Extreme WeatherDroughts and storms will become more intense in the coming century if levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere keep rising, new computer models suggest.
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Scientists Create Cloak of Partial InvisibilityA new invisibility cloak can hide objects in the microwave range of light.
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Fins of Ancient Marine Reptile Like FiberglassLike modern great whites, a fiberglass-like mesh kept the fins of ancient Ichthyosaurs rigid.
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Stirrings of Sea Creatures Affect Global ClimateLowly ocean phytoplanktons generate five times more power annually than is used by all the humans in the world.
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Surprising Twists Found in Triceratops HornsThe big, curved horns grew from tiny stubs that curved this way and that as the dinosaur aged.
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African Dust Storms Stifle Hurricanes, Study SuggestsSaharan dust storms might be putting a damper on Atlantic Ocean hurricanes.
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Researchers Find Protein Behind Lou Gehrig's Disease and DementiaTwo neurological diseases are caused by the unhealthy buildup of the same protein inside cells, scientists say.
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New Device Reveals Hidden Blood VesselsDoctors sometimes have to guess where to stick a needle. But new technology projects the position of veins directly onto a patient's skin to offer easy-to-find targets.
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Migrating Birds Take Hundreds of Daily PowernapsBetween all-night flights and the constant threat of being eaten, thrushes can barely find time for shut-eye.
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Fish Farms Behind Springtime Salmon SlaughterWild salmon migrating downstream toward the sea are being killed en route by sea lice from salmon fish farms, a new study finds.
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Tiny Fish Learn to Sniff Out PredatorsMinnows can sniff their surroundings for the smell of pike that might eat them.
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Lazarus Microbe's Immortality Secret RevealedScientists have discovered a novel genetic repair mechanism that allows a hardy desert microbe to die and resurrect over and over again.
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Shark Slaughter: 73 Million Killed Each YearThe booming shark fin trade is killing about three times as many sharks as the official catch numbers indicate, according to a new study.
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Myth Busted: Dinosaur Not a CannibalA dinosaur species long accused of cannibalism and infanticide is finally having the charges against it lifted and its reputation restored.
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Early Bird Used Four Wings to FlyThe earliest known bird had flight feathers on its legs that allowed it to use its hindlimbs as an extra pair of wings.
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Tuberculosis Helped Bring Down MastodonsA pandemic among an ancient mammoth-like creature probably contributed to the great beasts' demise, a new study suggests.
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Floating Ocean Windmills Designed to Generate More PowerSwaying windmills floating hundreds of miles out at sea could one day help satisfy our energy needs without being eyesores.
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Life is a Devil's Bargain: Cancer or AgingDeterioration of body and mind are the prices our bodies pay for protection against cancer as we grow older, new studies suggest.
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Study: Earth and Space Weather ConnectedSpace weather in the upper reaches of the atmosphere is affected by weather conditions down here on Earth, a new study suggests.
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Brain and Body Shrink Before Alzheimer's Sets InThe body, and not the mind, might be the first thing to go in people with Alzheimer's and related dementias.
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Methane Bubbles Make Global Warming WorseBubbling lakes in Siberia are releasing up to six times more methane into the atmosphere than previously thought.
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Unknown Dinosaurs: Golden Age of Discovery AheadMore than 1,300 unique dinosaur genera await discovery by paleontologists. Most of them will be found in the next few decades.
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Mother Deer Can't Recognize Fawn's CryFallow deer have developed an interesting strategy for surviving the first few weeks of life. They just hide and stay quiet.
