Productivity of eucalyptus plantations could be increased with trees genetically modified for faster growth. casadaphoto/shutterstock.com By Erik StokstadAug. 23, 2019 , 5:45 PM Look at…
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Credit (left to right): © ROB PERRYMAN; AARON ONTIVEROZ/THE DENVER POST VIA GETTY IMAGES; AP PHOTO/DESMOND BOYLAN By Eva FrederickAug. 23, 2019 , 4:20 PM…
By Meagan Weiland, Nirja DesaiAug. 23, 2019 , 12:00 PM Suicide is a worldwide problem, but its effects are uneven. Although suicide rates—all rates noted…
Protesters march in June 2018 in Santiago, demanding an end to sexual harassment and abuse, including in educational institutions. AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo By Lindzi WesselAug.…
A new study suggests online hate groups form and spread along virtual “hate highways.” iStock.com/id-work By Eva FrederickAug. 22, 2019 , 2:50 PM For moderators…
By Gretchen VogelAug. 22, 2019 , 1:40 PM BERLIN—A consortium of more than 700 German research institutions and libraries today announced an agreement with publisher…
Government fumigators, in 2018, spraying homes in Havana to kill mosquitoes AP Photo/Desmond Boylan By Jon CohenAug. 22, 2019 , 11:00 AM As Zika virus…
By Greg MillerAug. 22, 2019 , 8:00 AM Can a three-digit phone number avert suicides on a grand scale? Last week, the Federal Communications Commission…
By Elizabeth CulottaAug. 22, 2019 , 8:00 AM While co-organizing a symposium a few years ago, a distinguished evolutionary psychologist named Nicholas Humphrey sought an…
© Rob Perryman By Eva FrederickAug. 22, 2019 , 12:01 AM Although many sharks are solitary creatures, their manta ray relatives are surprisingly social: They…
A quantum computer could hack the public key encryption schemes that now uphold internet security. ISTOCK.COM/matejmo By Adrian ChoAug. 21, 2019 , 1:15 PM A…
Italy’s Minister of Health Giulia Grillo supports animal rights groups. Independent Photo Agency Srl/Alamy Stock Photo By Alison AbbottAug. 21, 2019 , 12:15 PM Marco…
By Kelly ServickAug. 21, 2019 , 8:00 AM Every Wednesday afternoon, an alert flashes on the cellphones of about 50 teenagers in New York and…
The icebreaker Polarstern, seen here operating in Antarctica in 2013, is being prepared to be locked into Arctic sea ice for more than a year.…
Environmental campaigners in Canada have been told that climate science is a partisan issue in the upcoming election. Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images…
By Jennifer Couzin-FrankelAug. 20, 2019 , 12:45 PM When my younger sister died by suicide 7 years ago, at age 30, the loss was shattering.…
By Emily UnderwoodAug. 20, 2019 , 12:45 PM By his late 20s, Moe had attained the young adult dream. A technology job paid for his…
By Kelly ServickAug. 20, 2019 , 10:25 AM When Oklahoma State University (OSU) got a major windfall from a settlement with opioidmaker Purdue Pharma earlier…
A 1919 notebook records measurements for the salmon sampled on one day, complete with slimy scales that preserved fish DNA. Lesley Evans Ogden By Lesley…
The National Council for Scientific and Technological Development’s scholarship budget was slashed by 21% this year. iStock.com/MediaProduction By Emiliano Rodríguez MegaAug. 19, 2019 , 5:30…
By Elizabeth CulottaAug. 19, 2019 , 1:35 PM The University of Adelaide in Australia has suspended evolutionary molecular biologist Alan Cooper, director of the university’s…
NASA/MIT/TESS By Daniel CleryAug. 19, 2019 , 12:00 PM When scientists go looking for life on distant exoplanets, they generally focus on rocky worlds the…
Holden Thorp Washington University By Jeffrey BrainardAug. 19, 2019 , 11:45 AM Holden Thorp, a chemist who held top leadership positions at two major U.S.…
Aggressive comb-footed spiders are better storm survivors, according to a new study. Judy Gallagher/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY) By Kelly MayesAug. 19, 2019 , 11:40 AM…
A new controversial study suggests that pregnant women who drink fluoridated water could risk their children’s IQ. iStock.com/SolStock By Michael PriceAug. 19, 2019 , 11:20…
Igor Kovalchuk, a plant geneticist at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, is awaiting Canadian approval to grow cannabis in a second greenhouse. Leslie Ohene-Adjei/University of…
(LEFT TO RIGHT) STEPHEN VOSS; NYXOLYNO CANGEMI/U.S. COAST GUARD; SELEGGT By Eva FrederickAug. 16, 2019 , 5:30 PM For a decade, Francis Collins has shielded…
S. Fan et. al., arXiv (2019) arXiv:1908.04350 By Daniel CleryAug. 16, 2019 , 5:25 PM When Earthly astronomers train their telescopes on exoplanets beyond our…
Scientists may have finally seen a black hole devouring a neutron star, as in this simulation. Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes/CC BY-NC 3.0 By Adrian ChoAug. 16,…
NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS; U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team By Katherine KorneiAug. 16, 2019 , 8:00 AM The sixth century was a rough time to be alive: Lower-than-average temperatures…
fruchtzwerg’s world/Flickr Researchers, regulators, and the chicken industry are all united in their search for a way to make eggs more ethical by stopping culling—the…
IBM Research By Robert F. ServiceAug. 15, 2019 , 2:00 PM Carbon is a shapeshifter. When its atoms bond to four neighbors, it becomes diamond.…
Patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis, like this man in Tanzania, currently face arduous treatment. JOHN-MICHAEL MAAS FOR TB ALLIANCE By Jon CohenAug. 15, 2019 , 12:00…
The Ecological Forecasting Initiative aims to aid efforts to use data collected in the field to forecast future ecosystem changes. Cydney Scott for Boston University…
Researchers are challenging a study’s claim that black and Hispanic civilians are not disproportionately killed in police shootings. Contemporary Bokeh/Alamy Stock Photo By Juanita BawaganAug.…
RWI FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY/Alamy Stock Photo Aug. 15, 2019 , 10:00 AM LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY—Experts consider salt marshes foot soldiers in the battle against climate change:…
Francis Collins has led the National Institutes of Health with a firm hand. STEPHEN VOSS By Jocelyn KaiserAug. 15, 2019 , 9:30 AM For months…
Promoting the Cancer Moonshot, then-Vice President Joe Biden (right) speaks with Nobel laureate Paul Modrich (left), at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, in 2016. …
New technologies for identifying male chicks while still in the egg could avert culling. Seleggt By Gretchen VogelAug. 14, 2019 , 1:45 PM In hundreds…
Shang-Fei Liu/Sun Yat-sen University By Paul VoosenAug. 14, 2019 , 1:00 PM Jupiter harbors a deep mystery: Rather than the distinct core scientists expected, it…
By Maya Earls, E&E NewsAug. 14, 2019 , 10:50 AM Originally published by E&E News An expected whistleblower complaint is the latest escalation in a…
In Kenya, cattle reduce tick populations and help protect wildlife. R. Chaplin-Kramer By Elizabeth PennisiAug. 13, 2019 , 4:00 PM LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY—No rancher likes to…
A dozen observatories on Mauna Kea were shut down for a month because of protests. MN Studio/iStockPhoto By Daniel CleryAug. 13, 2019 , 2:30 PM…
Andre Renard/CHIME By Daniel CleryAug. 13, 2019 , 2:25 PM A new telescope in Canada has taken a major step toward unravelling the mystery of…
Science Picture Co/Science Source By Eva FrederickAug. 13, 2019 , 2:00 PM If you want a baby girl, don’t have sex too close to ovulation.…
Rainforest hunter-gatherers in the Central African Republic Novarc Images/Alamy Stock Photo By Michael PriceAug. 13, 2019 , 1:50 PM African rainforest hunter-gatherers are among the…
iStock/mg81 By Sabine GalvisAug. 12, 2019 , 4:25 PM Colombia has declared a national state of emergency following confirmation that a dread fungus has appeared…
Finally, some good news about Ebola: Two new treatments dramatically lower the death rate in a trial
A health worker puts on protective gear at a treatment center run by the Alliance for International Medical Action in Beni, Democratic Republic of the…
The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Healy in Arctic sea ice north of Barrow, Alaska, in 2018 NyxoLyno Cangemi/U.S. Coast Guard By Kelly MayesAug. 12, 2019…
By Adam Aton, E&E NewsAug. 12, 2019 , 2:10 PM Originally published by E&E News President Donald Trump’s administration announced changes to Endangered Species Act…
By Jeffrey MervisAug. 12, 2019 , 9:53 AM The United States should not emulate China in applying surveillance against certain ethnic minorities as part of…
iStock.com/xxcheng By Jeffrey BrainardAug. 9, 2019 , 5:55 PM Some of the University of California’s (UC) most prominent scientists have announced they will resign from…
(left to right): ILIK SACCHERI; MICHEL BUREAU/MINDEN PICTURES; KDDESIGNPHOTO/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM By Catherine MatacicAug. 9, 2019 , 5:55 PM These caterpillars can camouflage themselves, even when blindfolded…
VeryBigAlex/Getty Images By Nola Taylor ReddAug. 9, 2019 , 1:25 PM Artificial light that bounces off snow can be twice as bright as the full…
By Meredith WadmanAug. 9, 2019 , 8:30 AM The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), the high-profile biology research hub in San Diego, California, has forced out…
By Meredith WadmanAug. 9, 2019 , 8:30 AM The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), the high-profile biology research hub in La Jolla, California, has forced out…
By Erik StokstadAug. 9, 2019 , 7:59 AM Boris Johnson at the Culham Center for Fusion Energy where he announced plans for fast-track visa system…
M. Schäfer/Frogs & Friends e.V. By Elizabeth PennisiAug. 8, 2019 , 7:01 PM Some frogs are thumbnail-size, but Cameroon’s Goliath frog (above) is bigger than…
The manned submersible Shinkai 6500 collected deep-sea mud from which researchers isolated microbes potentially key to the evolution of complex cells. The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images…
Shawn Cahill In recent months, telecommunications companies in the United States have purchased a new part of the spectrum for use in 5G cellphone networks.…
KDdesignphoto/shutterstock.com By David ShultzAug. 8, 2019 , 1:45 PM Cats do a lot of weird things. One of the biggies is eating grass, often to…
[embedded content] By Elizabeth PennisiAug. 8, 2019 , 11:00 AM For a shy shark that spends most its time resting on the sea floor (see…
By Adrian ChoAug. 8, 2019 , 8:00 AM BATAVIA, ILLINOIS—After 4 days Lazarus rose from the grave, but physicists here at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory…
Large bioenergy plantations, such as these cottonwoods in France, can displace natural habitat and food crops. MICHEL BUREAU/MINDEN PICTURES By Erik StokstadAug. 8, 2019 ,…
5G wireless antennas broadcast data quickly but they must sit closer to users in greater numbers. TPRODUCTION/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM By Gabriel PopkinAug. 7, 2019 , 2:25 PM…
A region on the brain stem (orange) could serve as the “canary in the coal mine” to identify brain damage caused by repetitive head trauma…
Chimeric antigen receptor T cells can both prevent HIV (yellow) from infecting CD4 T cells (blue) and eliminate infected ones. NIAID/FLICKR/CC-BY 2.0 By Jon CohenAug.…
Newly discovered ancient galaxies, portrayed in this artist’s conception, are the progenitors of the biggest galaxies today. NAOJ By Adrian ChoAug. 7, 2019 , 1:40…
Ilik Saccheri By Lakshmi SupriyaAug. 7, 2019 , 12:55 PM Most animals that change color to match their surroundings can see what these surroundings look…
Two popular anti-HIV drugs led to a surprising weight gain in South African women. Andriy Popov/Alamy Stock Photo By Jon CohenAug. 7, 2019 , 8:00…
[embedded content] By Sabine GalvisAug. 6, 2019 , 7:01 PM You don’t want to be in front of the Chinese witch hazel when its fruit…
Brian Choo/Flinders University By Kelly MayesAug. 6, 2019 , 7:01 PM Researchers have discovered the biggest parrot ever known—twice the size of its largest modern…
[embedded content] By Katie CameroAug. 6, 2019 , 7:01 PM If you’ve ever been to the beach, you’ve probably also been here: afternoon sun beaming…
Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum says it’s “very important” to test a second Ebola vaccine. MATTHIEU ALEXANDRE/AFP/Getty Images By Kai KupferschmidtAug. 6, 2019 , 4:40 PM Later this…
A space telescope beyond the moon could use Earth’s atmosphere as a lens to magnify the light of distant objects by 22,500 times. James Tuttle…
Frans Lanting/Nat Geo Image Collection By Eva FrederickAug. 6, 2019 , 11:50 AM Some animals stick with each other through thick and thin, but others…
By Jon CohenAug. 6, 2019 , 10:29 AM The lead U.S. military laboratory that studies some of the most dangerous pathogens has had to curtail…
Pooling data on childhood cancer patients could lead to better treatments. iStock.com/Sasiistock By Jocelyn KaiserAug. 5, 2019 , 3:15 PM Washington, D.C.—Each year, the parents…
By Katie CameroAug. 5, 2019 , 3:00 PM A common pesticide may be causing more collateral damage than thought. According to a new study, neonicotinoids…
The Aletsch Glacier is Switzerland’s largest glacier. Flickr/Sam Rayner (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) By Chelsea Harvey, E&E NewsAug. 5, 2019 , 8:39 AM Originally published by…
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (left), here with Environment Minister Ricardo Salles, had attacked the validity of satellite data showing deforestation in Brazil has increased since he took…
Top stories: The untold story of 2018’s CRISPR babies, China’s gene-edited crops, and new exoplanets
(left to right): ANTHONY KWAN/BLOOMBERG/GETTY IMAGES; STEFEN CHOW; NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER By Eva FrederickAug. 2, 2019 , 3:40 PM The untold story of…
[embedded content] By Sabine GalvisAug. 2, 2019 , 1:10 PM Painful encounters with ants don’t stem from their bite; it’s their venom-delivering stingers. Now, in…
TCD/Prod.DB/Alamy Stock Photo By Eva FrederickAug. 2, 2019 , 9:00 AM Artificial intelligence (AI) still can’t see the future, but a new algorithm may come…
By Jon Cohen, Nirja DesaiAug. 2, 2019 , 8:00 AM For many people, CRISPR plus China equals the biophysicist He Jiankui, who infamously used the…
Researchers created “wildlings,” lab mice born to wild mouse surrogates, to better model human immune responses. Andy Sands/Minden Pictures By Eva FrederickAug. 1, 2019 ,…
Carl Campbell/Flickr After two mysterious earthquake swarms occurred under the Sea of Galilee, researchers found a relationship between these small quakes and the excessive extraction…
By Katie CameroAug. 1, 2019 , 2:30 PM The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) this week restored grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National…
J. Skowron/OGLE/Astronomical Observatory, University of Warsaw By Juanita BawaganAug. 1, 2019 , 2:00 PM Our home galaxy is even more twisted than we thought. Astronomers…
By Jon CohenAug. 1, 2019 , 11:30 AM This story, one in a series, was supported by the Pulitzer Center. On 10 June 2017, a…
He Jiankui presented a slide at a Hong Kong, China, genome-editing summit that showed DNA sequences from the edited CCR5 genes in the twin girls.…
A turtle embryo may determine its sex by seeking particular temperatures. Du et al. By Katie CameroAug. 1, 2019 , 11:00 AM For humans, slight…
[embedded content] By Kelly MayesJul. 31, 2019 , 2:00 PM Striving to create a stronger, more flexible robot, researchers are turning to the tiny but…
Neuroscientist Rao Yi calls claims of a systematic Chinese government effort to steal U.S. intellectual property “lies.” RAO YI By Dennis NormileJul. 31, 2019 ,…
Healthy placentas are essentially sterile, according to a new study. John Bavosi/Science Source By Juanita BawaganJul. 31, 2019 , 1:10 PM During pregnancy, the placenta…
No coding required: Companies make it easier than ever for scientists to use artificial intelligence
A machine learning tool called Northstar lets users play with data visually. MELANIE GONICK By Matthew HutsonJul. 31, 2019 , 1:05 PM Yang-Hui He, a…
By Jon CohenJul. 31, 2019 , 8:00 AM This story, one in a series, was supported by the Pulitzer Center. IN BEIJING, GUANGZHOU, JIANGMEN, KUNMING,…
Cambroraster falcatus got its name from its spaceshiplike carapace. JOHN LEHMANN/ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM By Joshua SokolJul. 30, 2019 , 7:01 PM In the summer of…
iStock.com/Juanmonino By Jennifer Couzin-FrankelJul. 30, 2019 , 11:00 AM People prescribed antacids are roughly twice as likely to later be offered drugs for respiratory allergies,…
Bacteria isolated from human feces (above) could one day reduce the symptoms of some age-related diseases. STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/Science Source By Eva FrederickJul. 29, 2019 ,…
New U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson enters 10 Downing Street after his inaugural speech. REUTERS/Hannah McKay By Erik StokstadJul. 29, 2019 , 1:00 PM The…
Rafael Reif, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, fears government efforts to combat foreign influence have created a “toxic atmosphere of unfounded…
Illustration of NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite in space NASA Goddard Space Flight Center By Daniel CleryJul. 29, 2019 , 11:40 AM Three newly discovered…
Zoo Atlanta By Kelly MayesJul. 29, 2019 , 11:00 AM Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis) have always been oddballs in the reptile world. Their unusual cardiovascular…
By Jon CohenJul. 29, 2019 , 8:00 AM This story, the first in a series on CRISPR in China, was supported by the Pulitzer Center.…
Gallo Images/Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data 2018/GETTY IMAGES By Herton EscobarJul. 28, 2019 , 3:35 PM Deforestation is shooting up again in the Brazilian Amazon, according…
Fetal brain tissue is used in federally funded studies that will be subject to new regulations and extra review beginning in September. STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE SOURCE…
(left to right): KRISPN GIVEN/HARPUR LAB/PURDUE UNIVERSITY; KOVACEVICMIRO/ISTOCKPHOTO; ANDREA SCHELL By Eva FrederickJul. 26, 2019 , 2:15 PM Breeders toughen up bees to resist deadly…
The Israeli city Tiberias looks over the Sea of Galilee, under which a series of mysterious earthquakes rumbled in 2013 and 2018. TaliVikh/shutterstock.com By Michael…
Steve Baker/Flickr Imagine having a rat clinging to your back, sucking out your fat stores. That’s similar to what infested bees endure when the Varroa…
By Erik StokstadJul. 25, 2019 , 1:00 PM The death of his favorite queens in 2013 was the final straw for BartJan Fernhout, an amateur…
By Nathanial Gronewold, E&E NewsJul. 25, 2019 , 11:45 AM Originally published by E&E News The United Kingdom’s new leader is being labeled an enemy…
Sebastian Leuzinger By Kelly MayesJul. 25, 2019 , 11:00 AM Somewhere in the middle of New Zealand, there is a kauri tree stump (Agathis australis)…
Andrea Schell By Katie CameroJul. 25, 2019 , 9:00 AM The lush Amazon rainforest of northeastern Peru lost most of its trees when it was…
Researchers have pushed back against including basic brain studies, such as those that monitor neuronal activity, in a federal database of clinical trials. wunkley/Alamy Stock…
Workers prepare to bury a victim of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. JOHN WESSELS/AFP/Getty Images By Meredith WadmanJul. 24, 2019…
A new law’s definitions are unclear, says Dutch conservationist Erik Meijaard (left), seen here with Nardiyono, conservation manager at palm oil company ANJ Agri (right).…
A new Jell-O–like bandage heals wounds quickly when placed on skin. Xin You, Jianyu Li By Eva FrederickJul. 24, 2019 , 2:15 PM Inspired by…
New analyses suggest the coldest parts of the Little Ice Age—a period so cold the Thames River in the United Kingdom froze thick enough to…
Merck & Co. is developing a long-lasting HIV-prevention drug delivered to the body using an implant similar to this one, which is used as a…
Meyerhoff scholars from as far back as the start of the program in 1989 gathered in Baltimore, Maryland, this spring to celebrate the program’s 30th anniversary. Jim…
Andrés Manuel López Obrador has called travel to scientific conferences “political tourism.” GDA Photo Service/Newscom By Lizzie WadeJul. 23, 2019 , 4:25 PM The initially…
Shell-building creatures like sea urchins could potentially benefit from acidic ocean waters. Jeff Rotman/Science Source By Katie CameroJul. 23, 2019 , 2:00 PM The world’s…
Xavier Lazo Guerrero, Ecuador’s agriculture minister, is leading efforts to prevent a deadly fungus from reaching the nation’s banana plantations. Fernando Lagla/Asamblea Nacional del Ecuador…
lucky-photographer/iStockPhoto By Jeffrey MervisJul. 23, 2019 , 10:40 AM A new budget deal between the White House and congressional leaders means U.S. research agencies could…
Then–Minister of Health Oly Ilunga Kalenga visits an Ebola clinic in Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, in March. JOHN WESSELS/AFP/Getty Images By Meredith WadmanJul.…
A model of Chandrayaan-2’s rover undergoing tests to prepare for operating in the moon’s anemic gravity. INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION By Pallava BaglaJul. 22, 2019…
Researchers analyzed more than 2500 photos taken by tourists on safari to survey wildlife in Botwana’s Okavango delta. Kasim Rafiq and Megan Claase By Eva…
Sasa Huzjak/Alamy Stock Photo By Sabine GalvisJul. 22, 2019 , 11:45 AM “Dad jokes” are well known for inducing groans at least as often as…
kovacevicmiro/iStockPhoto By Juanita BawaganJul. 19, 2019 , 4:15 PM Dark matter, the mysterious substance that makes up most of the mass of the universe, has…
(left to right): NICHOLAS JONES/ISTOCKPHOTO; PIOTR PIWOWARSKI; AP PHOTO/JEROME DELAY By Eva FrederickJul. 19, 2019 , 3:40 PM Ancient people may have used pig fat…
By Brian OwensJul. 19, 2019 , 3:40 PM Canadian researchers are reacting with puzzlement to the news that a “policy breach” has caused the nation’s…
The jellyfish Aequorea australis Darrin Schultz/University of California, Santa Cruz/Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute By Eva FrederickJul. 19, 2019 , 3:15 PM In 2017, Nathan…
The peak brightness of red giants in distant galaxies represents a new way to calculate the Hubble constant. ESA/Hubble & NASA By Joshua SokolJul. 19,…
Data gathered from major U.S. East Coast cities, including New York City (above), reveal they are leaking methane at more than twice the previously reported…
The Hempel family, pictured when twins Addi (left) and Cassi (second from right), who both have Niemann-Pick type C, were about 11 years old. Chris Hempel (right)…
X. Liu et al., Science 2019 Can we inherit trauma from our ancestors? Studies of behavior and biomarkers have suggested the stress of harsh conditions…
By Andrew CurryJul. 18, 2019 , 2:05 PM ZURICH, SWITZERLAND—The children living in SOS Children’s Villages orphanages in Pakistan have had a rough start in…
Researchers used spatial light modulators (above, with mouse for scale) to turn a laser beam into a hologram that stimulated specific neurons in the mouse…
By Daniel CleryJul. 18, 2019 , 2:00 PM In the undulating, dust-covered Descartes Highlands, 380 kilometers southwest of Tranquility Base, where Apollo 11 landed half…
[embedded content] By Eva FrederickJul. 18, 2019 , 12:05 PM Virtual reality (VR) seems so lifelike—until you try to reach out and touch something. Now,…
An Ebola victim was laid to rest Sunday in Beni in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. AP Photo/Jerome Delay By Meredith WadmanJul. 17, 2019…
Neuralink is developing a system of ultrathin electrodes that thread into the brain to read from or stimulate neurons. Neuralink By Kelly ServickJul. 17, 2019…
Monocultures of the Cavendish banana variety are highly susceptible to Fusarium. ISTOCK.COM/mg81 By Erik StokstadJul. 17, 2019 , 2:20 PM In a long-feared development, an…
Graphene stacked three layers high looks to be the newest superconductor. Rost-9D/iStockPhoto By Robert F. ServiceJul. 17, 2019 , 1:05 PM Last year, physicists reported…
Young gorillas from different families may become friends when their groups meet to dine in the wild. Wildlife Conservation Society By Virginia MorellJul. 17, 2019…
[embedded content] By Katie CameroJul. 16, 2019 , 7:01 PM Watching a movie with a friend can make you feel closer to that person, and…
SUAQ/Caroline Schuppli By Kelly MayesJul. 16, 2019 , 7:01 PM It is not uncommon to see Sumatran orangutans scratching, but now, it appears these primates…
John Harding By Kelly MayesJul. 16, 2019 , 7:01 PM Once a common sight around London, house sparrow (Passer domesticus) populations have been declining for…
A Florida scrub jay population relies on birds from other groups to sustain its genetic diversity. Tim Zurowski/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM By Elizabeth PennisiJul. 16, 2019 , 5:55…
A graduate student from the University of Alaska in Fairbanks takes an Arctic ice core earlier this year. University of Alaska Fairbanks By Michael PriceJul.…
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (right) at a high-level meeting today where he called the first Ebola case in the crossroads city of Goma “potentially…
By Meredith WadmanJul. 15, 2019 , 5:35 PM The first case of Ebola was diagnosed yesterday in Goma, a city in the Democratic Republic of…
Koenig Lab By Elizabeth PennisiJul. 15, 2019 , 11:20 AM PROVIDENCE—Looking a squid in the eye is eerily like looking in a mirror. Squids, octopuses,…
Education Images/Universal Images Group/Getty Images By Eva FrederickJul. 15, 2019 , 11:00 AM African forest elephants can eat up to 450 kilograms of vegetation a…
A German survey instrument on Spektr-RG with seven x-ray telescopes has heightened sensitivity. © P. Friedrich/Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics By Daniel CleryJul. 15,…
Nicholas Jones/iStockPhoto By Eva FrederickJul. 15, 2019 , 7:00 AM The 30-ton megaliths that make up Stonehenge in Wiltshire, U.K., might have been moved using…
Frans Lanting/MINT Images/Science Source By Eva FrederickJul. 12, 2019 , 1:30 PM Humans aren’t the only primates flies follow around. The insects tail monkeys, too,…
In killing citizenship question, Trump adopts Census Bureau’s preferred solution to a thorny problem
President Donald Trump GAGE SKIDMORE/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS By Jeffrey MervisJul. 11, 2019 , 9:21 PM President Donald Trump’s decision this afternoon to abandon plans to add…
C. O’Madagain et al., Science Advances 2019 You can learn a lot about ocean health from seabirds. For example, breeding failures among certain birds have…
Starving children often don’t recover, even when fed enough. Restoring their gut bacteria could help
A child in Bangladesh gets measured to assess malnutrition. MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images By Elizabeth PennisiJul. 11, 2019 , 2:00 PM Even after starving children…
A large-scale solar farm in Southern California. 8MINUTE SOLAR ENERGY By Robert F. ServiceJul. 11, 2019 , 1:40 PM This month, officials in Los Angeles,…
By Dyna Rochmyaningsih Jul. 11, 2019 , 1:30 PM IN LIBO ON SUMATRA, INDONESIA—Crickets were chirping one clear morning in April when Anak Agung Aryawan…
Zhongda Zhang/Current Biology By Sabine GalvisJul. 11, 2019 , 11:00 AM Imagine having a toe as long as your shin. That’s essentially what researchers have…
By Dennis NormileJul. 11, 2019 , 11:00 AM Japan’s Hayabusa2 successfully completed its second touchdown on the asteroid Ryugu and probably captured material from its…
The Thirty Meter Telescope would be the 22nd instrument atop Mauna Kea. Japan’s Subaru (left) and the Keck telescopes are shown. peace portal photo/Alamy Stock Photo…
A #Akhoe Hai//om girl participates in a study of social learning. Daniel Haun/Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology By Kai KupferschmidtJul. 11, 2019 , 8:00…
A relative mourns a female polio vaccinator killed by gunmen in Pakistan in January 2018. AP PHOTO/ARSHAD BUTT By Leslie RobertsJul. 10, 2019 , 5:20…
The Dreem headband collects brainwave data to help diagnose sleep disorders. Dreem By Kelly MayesJul. 10, 2019 , 5:15 PM Your fancy sleep tracker is…
Investigators scanned a fragment from the back of an ancient hominin’s skull (right) and digitally reconstructed it (left and center), revealing the rounded skull of…
The remains of two “dueling dinosaurs” have sparked an ownership dispute that could set legal precedent. ©BHIGR 2013 By Jeremy P. Jacobs, E&E NewsJul. 10, 2019…
Update: Explorers successfully voyage to Japan in primitive boat in bid to unlock an ancient mystery
A team of five paddlers will attempt to cross 200 kilometers of open ocean in a primitive log boat. National Museum of Nature and Science/Tokyo…
One legacy of California’s $3 billion stem cell research agency is the Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at the University…
[embedded content] By Kelly MayesJul. 9, 2019 , 3:25 PM In an ocean filled with whales, sharks, and giant schools of fish, one of the…
iStock.com/bboserup By Scott Waldman, E&E NewsJul. 9, 2019 , 12:00 PM Originally published by E&E News The proposed White House panel that would conduct an…
Neuroscientist BethAnn McLaughlin has left Vanderbilt University. Lane Turner/The Boston Globe/Getty Images By Meredith WadmanJul. 9, 2019 , 10:50 AM BethAnn McLaughlin, the controversial neuroscientist…
The Crab Nebula, the remnant of a 1000-year-old supernova, is emitting the most energetic light ever detected. NASA, ESA, J. DePasquale (STScI) By Dennis NormileJul.…
[embedded content] By Katie CameroJul. 8, 2019 , 11:25 AM Snowball the cockatoo delighted researchers and the general public alike a decade ago when he…
By Scott Waldman, E&E NewsJul. 8, 2019 , 10:45 AM A March news release from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) touted a new study that…
STR/AFP/Getty Images By Katie LanginJul. 4, 2019 , 2:00 PM It’s a mystery of oceanic proportions: Sargassum—a brown seaweed that’s common in the North Atlantic—started…
This is where the world could support new forests. The map excludes existing forests, urban areas, and agricultural lands. J. Bastin, et. al., Science 365,…
Skeletons excavated at the ancient city of Ashkelon in present-day Israel suggest that the Philistines came from Europe. Melissa Aja/Courtesy Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon…
Eddie Cloud/Alamy Stock Photo By Elizabeth PennisiJul. 3, 2019 , 2:00 PM It’s not just good breeding and tasty grass that make a dairy cow…
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A lawsuit targets a global health institute and the dean of the Icahn School of Medicine in New York City, which is part of the…
By Robert F. ServiceJul. 3, 2019 , 12:00 PM SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA—On a warm March day here, you could almost mistake Rob McGinnis for a…
Lesions and unhealthy protein clusters in brain slices are signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Stan Grossfeld/The Boston Globe/Getty Images By Sabine GalvisJul. 3, 2019 ,…
A team of five paddlers will attempt to cross 200 kilometers of open ocean in a primitive log boat. National Museum of Nature and Science/Tokyo…
By Dennis NormileJul. 2, 2019 , 11:20 AM Australia continues to be at the forefront of reversing the increase in HIV infections, with a study…
Stephan Schmitz/folioart By Charles PillerJul. 2, 2019 , 8:00 AM From monitoring clinical trials and approving medicines and vaccines, to ensuring the safety of blood…
An enzyme (pink) places a chemical mark (gold) on messenger RNA (blue), in an artist’s concept. STORM Therapeutics By Ken GarberJul. 1, 2019 , 2:45…
iStock.com/Studio-Annika By Alex FoxJul. 1, 2019 , 11:00 AM Frankincense, one of three fabled gifts the wise men brought to honor Jesus, has been used…
Mold growing on the inside of the International Space Station, where exercise clothing was hung to dry. NASA By Richard A. LovettJun. 28, 2019 ,…
Left to right: AYE TENGER-TROLANDER; ANDY POTTS/BELMONTE LAB; SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES By Alex FoxJun. 28, 2019 , 5:20 PM Monarch butterflies raised in…
A gel at the heart of this solar still produces a record amount of fresh water. Xingyi Zhou and Youhong Guo/UT Austin By Robert F.…
Volker Steger/Science Source By Kelly MayesJun. 28, 2019 , 11:55 AM The day that squeamish humans—and exterminators—have long feared may have come at last: Cockroaches…
Plane contrails have been found to increase heat in the upper atmosphere. Simon GRATIEN/Contributor/Getty Images By Katie CameroJun. 28, 2019 , 11:20 AM The aviation…
James Cavallini/Science Source By Alex FoxJun. 27, 2019 , 6:30 PM Pneumonia kills nearly 1 million children every year, but the lung infection’s precise cause…
[embedded content] By Paul VoosenJun. 27, 2019 , 4:00 PM The siren call of Titan could not be ignored. NASA’s next billion-dollar mission, called Dragonfly,…
The Legend Kay/Flickr Researchers have been making animal embryos from two different species, so-called “chimeras,” for years, by introducing stem cells from one species into…