Economist Soumya Balasubramanya grew up in India and now her research is being used by development donors and governments in Asia and Africa to make sure programs aimed at vulnerable groups have the impact they are supposed to.
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NASA's InSight seismometers recorded an increased tectonic activity of the Martian underground during the frequent, but short solar eclipses caused by the moon Phobos.
According to the Global International Shark Attack File (ISAF), this is the first fatal shark bite at a Gold Coast beach since 1958 at Surfers Paradise.
Thick vegetation has long impeded recovery missions for missing persons. Now, researchers from the University of Tennessee believe it can be used to an investigator's advantage.
Scientists have long wondered how prehistoric humans quickly unstuck themselves from the Stone Age and rapidly became as intellectually and socially capable as modern humans. Recent discoveries about wasps and their cognitive abilities may hold a clue.