Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Scientists in Florida became the first to induce Atlantic coral reproduction in a lab setting, The Florida Aquarium announced Wednesday.

Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Australian scientists found stardust in freshly melted snow from Antarctica, discovering large amounts of a rare isotope iron-60, which is not natively found on Earth.

Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Beaches at Cape Cod, Mass, have routinely closed this summer after shark sightings, and the sharks are now regarded as a long-term threat.

Aug. 20 (UPI) -- People who post more selfies than posed photographs to their social media accounts tend to be viewed more negatively by others, a new study said Tuesday.

Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Some 30 days after liftoff, India's Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft successfully entered the moon's orbit on Tuesday after performing one of the mission's most difficult maneuvers.

Aug. 19 (UPI) -- A rocky planet orbiting a star beyond the sun does not have an atmosphere, according to a study released Monday.

Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Like humans, plants have a biological clock. Scientists suggest that following plant biological clocks when making decisions on herbicide application could require less of the chemicals and make them more effective.

Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Human-caused climate change has triggered wind shifts in Antarctica, according to a new study, driving accelerated melting across the continent's west coast.

Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Scientists have reprogrammed the Catalina Sky Survey's near-Earth object telescopes to look for both asteroids and cosmic mergers.

Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Scientists have found surprisingly large amounts of microplastics in snow and sea ice samples collected in the Arctic and Alps.

Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Scientists have discovered a way to ease a bottleneck in the photosynthesis process. The breakthrough could allow plants to turn the sun's rays into food more efficiently, boosting crop yields.

Millions of butterflies are dancing through the skies above the Lake Tahoe Basin, delighting locals and tourists alike.

Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Physicists at New York University claim they have uncovered a new state of matter.

Aug. 15 (UPI) -- By surveying dozens of skulls of a common Early Cretaceous dinosaur, scientists have gained new insights into dinosaur brain development.

Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Scientists were surprised to find a natural pigment called eumelanin in the 54-million-year-old eyes of an ancient crane fly.

Aug. 15 (UPI) -- The malady of the inner ear known as "swimmer's ear" was surprisingly common among Neanderthals, according to a new study.

Aug. 14 (UPI) -- According to a new study, the overwhelming consensus among climate researchers is obscured by media coverage in the United States, which lends too much weight to those who are skeptical of climate change.

Aug. 14 (UPI) -- In a new study, astronomers offered the most accurate formula yet for calculating the rate of Earth-like planets orbiting sun-like stars.

Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Scientists have supercharged CRISPR-Cas technology. According to a new study, the method can now be used to modify dozens, even hundreds, of genes.

Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Chemists at the University of Warwick have developed a better way to make patterned metals. The material innovation could make solar panels cheaper and more sustainable.