Jan. 15 (UPI) -- A new fossil skull has offered scientists insights into the history of Alligatoridae family, the group of crocodylians that includes alligators and caimans.

Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Using data from RNA-folding experiments, scientists have created new high-resolution, slow-motion videos illuminating the ways RNA molecules contort themselves to squeeze inside cells.

Jan. 15 (UPI) -- New research suggests the period of ancient global warming known as the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum resulted in only a modest increase in ocean oxygen depletion.

ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Virgin Orbit plans to try again Sunday to send 10 small science satellites for NASA and several universities into orbit using a rocket launched over the Pacific Ocean.

Jan. 15 (UPI) -- NASA plans to ignite one of the largest and most powerful rockets ever built, the Space Launch System core stage, for an eight-minute test firing Saturday.

Jan. 14 (UPI) -- In an extraordinary find, scientists have for the first time observed electric eels gathering by the dozens and coordinating group hunts in the Amazon.

Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Women who don't fit female stereotypes of look or personality are perceived as less credible when lodging sexual harassment claims, according to a new study published Thursday.

Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' rocket company, Blue Origin, successfully launched a new capsule from Texas on Thursday that includes new amenities for space tourists.

Jan. 13 (UPI) -- In a first-of-its-kind proof-of-concept study, scientists have used an autonomous fleet of robots to track and analyze a community of microbes in the open ocean.

Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Last spring, when lockdowns and stay-at-home orders depressed industrial activity and curbed traffic volumes, many city-dwellers noted a reduction in urban pollution.

Jan. 13 (UPI) -- To find an ancestor shared by the dire wolf and gray wolf, one must trace the branches of the Canidae family tree backs some six million years.

Jan. 13 (UPI) -- It's not the human brain, exactly, that yields categorical consensus across disparate groups, researchers contend in a new paper, but the dynamics of consensus building among large groups of people.

Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Scientists have developed a new eDNA analysis technique that could help conservationists target invasive fish populations before they become well-established.

Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Ancient crystals recovered from stream sediments in Greenland suggest bits of Earth's primordial crust seeded the growth of later generations of crust.