Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

A gene that is important for human hearing could determine whether a dog’s ears are pendulous like a basset hound’s or stubby like a rottweiler’s, according to a genetic analysis of more than 3,000 ...

For a long time, the prevailing theory was that dinosaurs were already in decline before the Chicxulub asteroid struck Earth approximately 66 million years ago, leading to the extinction of about 70% ...

The same optic fibers that pulse with the world’s Internet traffic are now listening to the pulse of the planet, picking up earthquake tremors in better detail than traditional seismic networks do. In ...

A massive, well-preserved impact crater has been uncovered in Guangdong, revealing the signature of a powerful meteorite strike during the Holocene. Measuring 900 meters across, it dwarfs other known ...

Biosensing engineer Azahar Ali, assistant professor of animal sciences and biological systems engineering at Virginia Tech, is bracing for the arrival of a fourth agricultural revolution. Shape-memory ...

Educators and researchers have had longstanding concerns about the quality of computer science instruction in U.S. schools. A recent study exploring student learning and computer science teachers' ...