Due largely in part to human-induced climate change, up to 40 percent of all species of plants are at risk of extinction. In response, conservationists have developed seed banks, where seeds of ...

Central auditory processing disorder (APD), a hearing disability, can impact cognitive functioning and academic performance in those who experience it. It is typically diagnosed in childhood. Children ...

Bacteria survive and thrive even in the harshest environments. Scientists have characterized species thriving in Antarctica, and even in deep-sea oil wells.Now, a study published in PNAS in August ...

Animals are crucial for neuroscience research. Many important discoveries have been made by studying the brains and cells of different animals. For example, we learned how the brain encodes ...

During Thomas's three-decade career at NASA, she connected scientists with the data they need to understand our planet Valerie Thomas retired from NASA in 1995 after three decades of work, and she ...

Central auditory processing disorder (APD), a hearing disability, can impact cognitive functioning and academic performance in those who experience it. It is typically diagnosed in childhood. Children ...

Most of the Earth’s biosphere is permanently cold and contains environments below 0° C, known as the cryosphere. Microorganisms like bacteria and fungi call the cryosphere home, despite the seemingly ...

Central auditory processing disorder (APD), a hearing disability, can impact cognitive functioning and academic performance in those who experience it. It is typically diagnosed in childhood. Children ...

Between 15,000 and 25,000 years ago, humans started hanging out with a particularly friendly breed of wolves: dogs. Scientists assume that these ancient pooches were first drawn to our settlements by ...

As the pandemic persists, more information about the SaRS-CoV-2 virus and its effects emerges from labs across the world. Now, a team of researchers from Yale University has found that COVID-19 ...

Homo sapiens emerged around 300,000 years ago in Africa, and traces of modern use of symbols in our species date back around 160,000 years . Today, humans are considered unique in the natural world ...

Central auditory processing disorder (APD), a hearing disability, can impact cognitive functioning and academic performance in those who experience it. It is typically diagnosed in childhood. Children ...