JWST’s view of the galaxy JADES-GS+53.18343-27.79097NASA, ESA, CSA, JADES Collaboration Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have found…
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The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Wildfires, pushed by…
The Chimané people have provided insights into the power of number wordsREUTERS/David Mercado LAST February, amid the fjords of southern…
Female zebrafish stock up their eggs with a supply of a compound that acts as a sunscreenGrigorev Mikhail/Shutterstock Zebrafish eggs…
The giant water strider (Gigantometra gigas) and its habitat.A researcher (a) observing giant water striders (Gigantometra gigas, b) in their…
Flexible spheres of the biomolecule chitosan, made from shrimp waste, can be used for catalysts that generate hydrogen gas from…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Increasingly divisive messages about science have led some people to see scientists as a group that…
In March 2022, the Hubble Space Telescope detected the most distant star ever seen in the cosmos. Now, the James Webb…
An SwRI-led team compared the early impact history of Venus and Earth, determining that Venus experienced higher-energy impacts creating a…
Plant geneticists have identified a mutation in a gene that causes the “weeping” architecture — branches growing downwards — in…
Two new species of blind and colorless daddy longlegs spider have been discovered — one in the dry western region…
CLIMATEWIRE | For nearly 400 million years, the world’s oldest moss has survived the shifting landscapes of planet Earth. Takakia, as…
The fastest way to heat food and drink might also rank as the fastest route to ingesting massive quantities of…
A magnificent flurry of colors. It shows the activation of a chemical signaling pathway (ERK pathway; top-right) merged with a…
Honeybees can be weakened by the fungal parasite NosemaMark Robert Paton/500px/Getty Images A genetically engineered gut bacterium has helped protect…
Omega-3 fatty acids, which are abundant in fish and fish oil supplements, appear promising for maintaining lung health, according to…
View of the North Atlantic Ocean from Newfoundland, CanadaShutterstock/EB Adventure Photography For more than three months, sea surface temperatures in…
Plastic waste is a problem on our beaches. Hence, it is largely removed in a coordinated manner within a few…
We can process and store new information as we sleepDmitriy Bilous/Tetra images RF/Getty Images Listening to foreign recordings and their…
Some insects have symbiotic relationships with microbesChris Hellier / Alamy Stock Photo Insects make up half of all animals on…
The majority of older adults with cognitive impairment are still driving, despite concerns raised by caregivers and others, a Michigan…
Researchers have partially deciphered the “unknown Kushan script” — a writing system that has puzzled linguists since it was first…
The diabetes drug Ozempic has dramatically reshaped weight-loss treatment. Combined with dieting and exercise, weekly injections of the drug can…
Smog in New York City on 7 June caused by smoke from wildfires in CanadaEd JONES/AFP/Getty Images Millions of people…
Establishing fidelity of PFs in ExM by correlating pre-ExM and post-ExM images acquired via confocal fluorescence imaging. (A) Overlay of…
An international research team from Queen Mary University of London, UK and the Rovereto Civic Museum Foundation, Italy has made…
In the midst of an already record-breaking heat wave, Phoenix, Ariz., set a particularly eye-popping record: the temperature only dropped…
Here were the simple instructions given by a Harvard University assistant professor to people participating in a recent cognitive science…
Credit: Amelie Funk In Africa, climate change impacts are experienced as extreme events like drought and floods. Through the Famine…
At my county coroner’s office, I regularly review cases of murdered women. They are victims of domestic violence, overwhelmingly ones…