Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain High fertilizer prices could put an additional 100 million people at risk of undernourishment, a study…
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Most people have two sex chromosomes, either two X’s or an X and a Y, which give rise to female…
If humans are ever going to be able to regrow damaged tissues the way lizards and fish routinely do, it…
Fragments of temperate rainforest grow in parts of England, Wales and Scotland, and with the right action we could help…
Credit: Dawn Quadling/Shutterstock Biodiversity refers to the variety of life found on Earth and underpins the natural systems which grow…
Though plants can serve as a source of food, oxygen and décor, they’re not often considered to be a good…
As viruses such as COVID-19 spread, they can become endemic in new regions. (Image credit: Peter Zelei Images via Getty…
Versatile, facile and low-cost single-cell isolation, culture and sequencing by optical tweezer-assisted pool-screening. Credit: Liu Yang Researchers from the Qingdao…
By Michael Le Page The Amami spiny ratASATO KUROIWA For any mammal, the loss of the Y chromosome should mean…
Researchers have identified different pathways that lower a mouse’s desire to eat when it’s in pain – and a similar…
Credit: ESA—European Space Agency Recently, Andreas Mogensen, now getting ready for his “Huginn” mission to the ISS in 2023, stopped…
[]A famous, 9,000-year-old human skull discovered near the biblical city of Jericho now has a new face, thanks to efforts…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Many no-till growers are reluctant to implement any soil disturbance due to concerns about negative impacts…
The covid-19 lockdowns undoubtedly saved many lives, but the prolonged restrictions also reduced our exposure and immunity to other infections,…
This image acquired on July 22, 2022 by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows sand dunes moving across the landscape. Winter…
At one high school, students who boarded had a consistent lights-out time and no phone access in bed, with these…
Only two spacecraft have ever left our solar system and lived to tell the tale. In 2012 and 2019, NASA’s…
For as long as there have been vaccines, there has been vaccine misinformation—and surprisingly often it has focused on fertility.…
Your smartphone begins life neatly packed into a well-designed box. Chances are it will end its days in a more…
In just a few months this year, abnormally low water levels in rivers led China to shut down factories, and…
A biodegradable glider based on the seeds of the Javan cucumber, which float for long distances, could be used to…
In one way or another, Thomas Gooch has spent more than 30 years struggling with illegal drugs. The 52-year-old Nashville,…
A tube of “fossilized lightning” from Nebraska’s Sandhills holds a rare type of quasicrystal that had previously only been found…
A U.S. company is designing a large battery that it says could help decarbonize the nation’s power sector more cheaply…
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Many people love…
Jeffery DelViscio: Hello 60-Second Science fans, this is Jeff DelViscio, the executive producer of the podcast. First, I really just want…
Credit: Emma Simoni, Texas A&M AgriLIfe A Texas A&M AgriLife researcher is taking a page out of human disease research…
Postbiotics are the newest gut health trend promising to improve our skin, boost our strength and even reverse signs of…
Nowadays, the best fitness trackers are equipped with a host of useful features that can track sleep, calculate calories burned,…
Editor’s note: This page will be updated as new data about XBB.1.5 emerges.A new flavor of the omicron variant was…