Zoologist Michael Skvarla found the giant lacewing outside a Walmart in Fayetteville, Arkansas in 2012 - but only now has the discovery been confirmed in a new paper.
Even in their dark isolation from the atmosphere above, caves can hold a rich archive of local climate conditions and how they've shifted over the eons. Formed over tens of thousands of years, speleothems—rock formations unique to caves better known as stalag…
NASA will hold a media teleconference at 12 p.m. EST Tuesday, March 7, to provide an update on data analyzed thus far on the agency’s Artemis I Moon mission, the first integrated flight test of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, uncrewed Orion spa…
A new JPL- and Caltech-developed detector could transform how quantum computers, located thousands of miles apart, exchange huge quantities of quantum data.
Astronomers have determined that so-called "leaky" galaxies may have responsible for triggering the last great transformational epoch in our universe, one which ionized the neutral interstellar gas.
Matter outflows in the form of jets are observed in astronomical systems at varying speeds, ranging from fast to slow. Jets in the form of matter outflows are commonly observed in astronomical systems at varying speeds, ranging from fast to slow. The quickest…
A specialized laboratory at JPL, designed to eliminate the chemical influence of modern organisms, allows scientists to investigate the chemistry that may have given rise to life. At NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Origins and Habitability Lab, you can fin…
Inspired by the Renaissance vision of Leonardo da Vinci, NASA is presently preparing its scientific return to Venus’ atmosphere and surface with a mission known as the “Deep Atmosphere of Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging” (DAVINCI). …
Scientist applies new calculations to reveal downsizing and chunky details about species from Devonian Period. Approimately 360 million years ago, in the shallow subtropical waters above what is now the city of Cleveland, an armor-plated fish many believed to…
Insomnia or getting five hours or less of sleep each night raises the risk of having a heart attack, according to a recent study. The results, according to researchers, highlight how important it is...
Central District Health (CDH) has declared an outbreak of syphilis in Public Health District 4, according to a recent news release.CDH says it identified 52 syp
A study, conducted in part at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, shows that focused ultrasound can relieve symptoms in people with Parkinson's disease.
Men suffering from an enlarged prostate can receive long-term relief from a minimally invasive procedure that partially blocks blood flow to the gland, new research reports. The procedure, called prostate artery embolization (PAE), dramatically improved urina…
Suffering from sleep-related disorders such as OSA or insomnia was associated with up to seven years worth of heightened risk for cardiovascular disease and reduced mortality, a new study reports.
Researchers investigate the degeneration process of musculoskeletal tissues that leads to chronic back and joint pain with the hope to translate their findings into new methods to repair tissue damage and ultimately relieve pain.
There are four types of ovarian cysts — functional cysts, PCOS cysts, benign ovarian tumor and malignant ovarian tumor — that range from harmless to fatal.
Jared McDonald, 36, from Idaho, went viral on TikTok after sharing why he tells people to stop exercising and focus on their health, not weight loss, if they want to drop pounds.