Exploiting a genetic trait in potatoes could cut fertilizer needs
Potatoes are the third most consumed food worldwide and a delicious snack. But modern farm potatoes require large amounts of […]
Vaccines, fluoride, raw milk: How RFK Jr.’s views can shape public health
The announcement that President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be the new head of the US
The cataclysmic origin of most of Earth’s meteorites has been found
Most of Earth’s meteorites can be traced back to just a few collisions within the asteroid belt between Mars and
X-rays from nuclear explosions can protect Earth from asteroids
An asteroid heading toward Earth can be deflected without ever touching a spacecraft. The trick is to use X-rays to
Meet Chonkus, the mutant cyanobacterium that could help sink climate change
Stand back, ordinary ocean-dwelling, oxygen-releasing organisms: There’s a fat, green new mutant in town. And the mighty UTEX 3222 —
Scientists identify a long-sought byproduct of some drinking water treatments
Roughly a third of Americans may be exposed to a long-sought, newly identified breakdown product of some chlorine-based water treatments.
Using AI, historians trace how astronomical ideas spread in the 16th century
Historians working with an artificial intelligence assistant have begun to trace the spread of astronomical thinking across Europe in the
Storms ignite a ‘boiling pot’ of gamma rays
Above the cloud tops, storms blow with a complex and frenetic light show of high-energy radiation. A view from a
Fire-prone neighborhoods on the fringes of nature are expanding rapidly
People are flocking to the threshold of nature and the territory of fire. Homes built where human development meets undeveloped
Ancient Central Americans built a massive fishing system
Beginning around 4,000 years ago, an elaborate fish-catching system fed growing human populations in lowland Central America, a new study