1,000 Genomes Project Paints Detailed Picture of Human Variation
Results of a project that has mapped the genetic material, or genomes, of 1,092 individuals from 14 countries will help researchers interpret genetic changes in people with disease. The first phase of...
View ArticleNew Evidence Shows Surprising Reach of Eastern US Quake
Last year's 5.8 magnitude earthquake in Mineral, Virginia, was felt over an area much larger than previously thought. In a new study, scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey report landslides...
View ArticleStudy: Arabica Coffee Could Go Extinct in the Wild
Coffee, the world's favorite beverage, could be a victim of climate change, warn scientists in England and Ethiopia. Arabica coffee provides about 70 percent of the world's commercial production, and...
View ArticleThe Nose Knows: Simple Scents Increase Sales, Performance
Smells can evoke memories. The scent of a certain perfume can prompt visions of a first love, perhaps. Smells can provide comfort, as any practitioner of aromatherapy will tell you. And smells can...
View ArticleColony of Microbes Thriving in Dark, Frozen Antarctic Lake
Where there is water, there is life… even when the water is 13 degrees below zero Celsius and six times saltier than the ocean. A report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences describes...
View ArticleAstronaut, Cosmonaut Prepare for Year in Space
The U.S. and Russian space agencies have selected two men for a one-year mission aboard the International Space Station. Astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko will head to the orbiting...
View ArticleUS Space Agency Announces New Plans for Mars Exploration
The U.S. space agency has big plans for the Red Planet. NASA has announced an ambitious multi-year Mars exploration program, looking ahead to meeting President Barack Obama's challenge to send humans...
View ArticleCassini Probe Sees Nile-Like River on Saturn Moon
The international Cassini space probe, which has been orbiting Saturn and its moons since 2004, has sent detailed new images of a remarkable, Nile-like river valley on Saturn's moon Titan. The river...
View ArticleAstronauts on Long Space Missions Will Need Earth-like Sleep Habits
There is nothing like a regular sleep schedule to keep you healthy, especially on a long voyage to Mars. On June 3, 2010, a six-man team of international volunteers was sealed into a 550-cubic-meter...
View ArticleFossil of Giant Marine Predator Sheds Light on Ecosystem Resilience
Two-hundred 44 million years ago, an 8.6 meter-long monster ruled the ocean that covered what is today America's western desert. In a study supported by the National Geographic Society, an...
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