A flash flood can devastate a community for years in a matter of minutes. These disasters account for roughly 85% of floods and cause thousands of deaths annually worldwide, with water levels capable ...

The largest genetic study of cognition to date has been published, involving nearly half a million people of European ancestry. This provides a new understanding of the genetic factors that shape ...

DNA can be more than just a double helix. When four strands are folded into a compact bundle, they form a G-quadruplex (G4). These bundles form in guanine-rich regions across the genome, including ...

Mākaka (native broom) and kōwhai seeds might be able to survive the heat of fires, new research shows. Scientists heated native and exotic seeds in a lab oven to temperatures they may face in the soil ...

Children ages 3 and 4 take a median of 18,542 steps a day, but their daily step counts vary widely, according to the first international reference values for daily step counts in preschool-age ...

The Optical Society (OSA) announced today that it has implemented a technology solution that effectively supports U.S. federal agency public access requirements and helps authors comply with ...

The Chronic Fatigue Initiative (CFI) — a new privately funded research directive focused on chronic fatigue syndrome — announced a substantial grant to a Columbia University research team to ...

The White House announced Monday that Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) computer scientist Greg Bronevetsky has been named a recipient of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists ...

Imagine if we could use strong electromagnetic fields to manipulate the local properties of spacetime—this could have important ramifications in terms of science and engineering. Electromagnetism has ...

Why are there just 18 letters in the English alphabet? Because E.T. flew away riding a UFO with the CIA in pursuit. The mysterious UFOs! The recent official report on UFOs by the U.S. Office of the ...

A recent study published in Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa presents the first millimeter-accurate recording of the paintings at Kakapel rock shelter in Kenya, linking the layers of rock art ...

A new study, published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, involving a virtual evacuation test with 382 volunteers, reveals a surprising twist: People tend to latch onto what the crowd as a ...