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Leaf ‘Stamp’ Could Detect Crop Diseases
Crop diseases could be detected earlier and more easily if a new method that stamps a leaf with a...
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Climate Pact Process Stumbles as Countries Bicker
Less than six months after the world agreed to craft a new climate pact by 2015, negotiations stumbled at...
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World’s Oldest Musical Instruments Found in German Cave
Researchers have identified what they say are the oldest musical instruments in the world. The flutes, made from bird...
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Organic Molecules Do Have Martian Origins
Organic molecules — compounds that on Earth can be linked with life — encased within Martian meteorites now reveal...
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On the Origins of Language
Linguists know that languages change drastically over the course of a few thousand years, so drastically that there’s no...
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Will Technology Kill Humanity?
Species don’t hang around forever. Homo sapiens has already notched up a mind-boggling 200,000 years on Earth. Is the...
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Ancient Bethlehem Seal Unearthed in Jerusalem
Archaeologists digging at a Jerusalem site have found the oldest artifact that bears the inscription of Bethlehem -- a...
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First Terrestrial Animals Shuffled Onto Land
The transition from swimming to walking involved some awkward first steps, according to a new study that recreated how...
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Does Every Black Hole Contain a New Universe?
Successful as it is, there are notable unsolved questions with the standard big bang theory, which suggests that the...
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Happy Birthday, Electron
Electrons rule our world, but not so long ago they were only an idea. May marks the 120th anniversary...