Spray on polymer shield helps plants fight bacteria and survive drought
On a warming planet, your food supply depends on crops that can survive heat, drought and fast spreading…
Ancient salt reveals a clear view of Earth’s atmosphere from 1.4 billion-years-ago
More than a billion years ago, a shallow basin in what is now northern Ontario held a subtropical…
New transparent window material could cut building energy loss by 50%
In most buildings, windows remain the most vulnerable part of the structure when it comes to energy loss.…
Harvard scientists tell a ‘hot’ story about beetles and plant sex
Flowers are often described as visual advertisements, using bright colors and strong scents to draw in insects. Yet…
Black sea microbes stop potent nitrous oxide gas from escaping into the air we breathe
Far below the surface of the Black Sea, in water that never sees daylight and holds almost no…
White rocks on Mars point to ancient rainfall and a wetter planet
Light-colored rocks scattered across Mars have become a quiet clue to a louder story about the planet’s past.…
Microplastics in your brain? Scientists warn of links to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
In 2004, science crossed a quiet line. Researchers confirmed that tiny scraps of plastic were not just drifting…
Scientists discover 16 giant river networks on ancient Mars where life could have thrived
Long before Mars turned into the frozen desert you see today, water shaped its surface in dramatic ways.…
Ocean storms under Antarctic ice found to rapidly boost melting
Scientists have uncovered a new threat hiding under the floating edges of Antarctica: fast moving, stormlike swirls of…
Melting polar ice supercharges ocean ‘stirring’, threatening marine climate
Polar sea ice is vanishing far faster than most people expected, and the change is not only visible…
Life may be reshaping our bodies and brains faster than evolution can handle
For most of the past six million years, the human story played out in shifting woodlands, open plains…
AI uncovers Earth’s earliest life from 3.3 billion years ago
Deep in some of Earth’s oldest rocks, traces of ancient life still linger, even when every cell has…