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Eastern coyote’s a hybrid, but ‘coywolf’ is not a thing
There’s a hybrid canid living in the eastern US, the result of an amazing evolution story unfolding right in front of us. But it’s not a new species – yet - says biologist.
November 20, 2015
How a year in space changes bodies
Astronauts are spending a year aboard the International Space Station, and researchers are looking at what happens to their bodies at the molecular level.
November 20, 2015
Top 10 most dangerous volcanoes
At the number one spot is the Japanese island of Iwo Jima.
November 18, 2015
Most Earthlike exoplanet is uninhabitable
Kepler-438b - 470 light years from Earth - ranks highest on the Earth Similarity Index. But radiation from its violent parent star makes it uninhabitable.
November 18, 2015
Mars rover heads for active dunes
No Mars rover has yet visited a sand dune, as opposed to smaller sand ripples or drifts. Curiosity will visit actual Mars dunes in the next few days.
November 17, 2015
6 million years of human evolution in 1 minute
Mesmerizing reconstructions of long-lost human ancestors - created using fossil discoveries and forensic techniques - from a 2013 book published by Yale Press.
November 17, 2015
6.5-magnitude earthquake in Greece
Two are reported dead in the 6.5-magnitude earthquake, which struck just off the western Greek island of Lefkada on the morning of November 17.
November 17, 2015
Astronomers take a galaxy’s pulse
Astronomers had not considered the effect of variable stars on the light of distant galaxies. A new technique lets them measure the galaxies' "heartbeats."
November 16, 2015
Zombie star eats an asteroid
What's left in a solar system whose central sun has become a white dwarf? This study shows what our own solar system might become, billions of years from now.
November 16, 2015
Supersonic winds hurtle around exoplanet
The winds move at 2 kilometers per second. That's about 7 times faster than the speed of sound and 20 times faster than any winds ever recorded on Earth.
November 16, 2015
