Rising temperatures in the tundra of the Earth's northern latitudes could affect microbial communities in ways likely to increase their production of greenhouse gases methane and carbon dioxide, ..

New WSU research shows people can be taught coping mechanisms to avoid negative responses to boring situations.

Vegetated highway medians are a proverbial buffet for small mammals, according to biologists. Animals such as weasels, mink, and chipmunks use the roadside bands of vegetation as habitat to find food.

Do differences in performance have an impact on the appetite for risk-taking in decision-makers? Economists have addressed this question. The result of their study is that people's willingness to..

Data analysis shows that products that are considered to be substitutive in nature have a very different growth trajectory from traditional product models.

Is the success of species mainly dependent on environmental factors such as climate changes or do interactions between the species have a greater role to play? A study has investigated this question i..

Scientists have developed a new method for detecting traces of primordial life in ancient rock formations using potassium.

Radio telescope observations have made it possible for astronomers to use mergers of neutron-star pairs as a valuable new tool for measuring the Universe's expansion.

Video games that foster creative freedom can increase creativity under certain conditions, according to new research. The experimental study compared the effect of playing Minecraft, with or without i..

A new paper integrates 20 years of research by a diverse scientific team and describes the ancient Trans-Saharan Seaway of Africa that existed 50 to 100 million years ago in the region of the current ..