A new study, published in the journal Science (“Loci associated with skin pigmentation identified in African populations,” 12 October 2017), elucidates the genetic mechanisms controlling human skin ...

Atmospheric characterization of directly imaged planets has thus far been limited to ground-based observations of young, self-luminous, Jovian planets. Near-term space- and ground- based facilities ...

Johann Gottlob Kurr, "The Mineral Kingdom" (1859), grayish blue is visible on the iron ore (bottom row, right) (all images from "Nature’s Palette: A Color Reference System from the Natural World," ...

When it comes to color, our first reaction is mostly the seven-tone spectrum of the rainbow. Color has a particularly important and prominent role in China in both the language and aesthetics. Some ...