80‑million‑year‑old snake fossil sheds light on why lizards lost their limbs and started slithering

Snakes are everywhere in our legends and mythology. Yet for most of us, our blood runs cold whenever we encounter these strangely undulating, scaly tubes of muscle slithering through the leaf litter.

See it: NASA astronaut grows otherworldly crystals aboard International Space Station

Being in space means cool science experiments, and one such experiment conducted by a NASA astronaut while he was aboard the ...
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First-known foot bone of a baby T rex found stashed in pile of fossils after being mistakenly identified

The discovery of a tiny baby Tyrannosaurus rex foot bone gave researchers insight into what T. rex reproduction looked like, ...

Electyrolyzer experiment designated ready-to-fly by NASA

A Southwest Research Institute and University of Texas at San Antonio experiment has passed a critical NASA review, ...
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Seven ways endurance sports have taught me to be a better researcher

“You didn’t run this morning, did you?” My colleagues know when I haven’t got a workout in: I’m rather irritable. Post-workout endorphins make me focused and efficient in the laboratory — and more fun ...