Toronto quietly shelves plan to snuff out its biggest source of smog pollution
Climate and clean-air organizations across the province are sounding the alarm this week after Toronto quietly stalled a…
Meet The ‘Resurrection Plant’ That Raises From The Dead After Years Without Rain — A Biologist Explains
This remarkable “resurrection” plant can dry out almost completely, lie dormant for decades, only to return to life…
Researchers Find Evidence of Ancient Microbial Life in 3.51 Billion-Year-Old Rocks
Teasing out biochemical information from ancient organic-rich sediments, notably the timing of the emergence of photosynthesis relative to…
The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing is getting plants this month
It’s been three years since the crew for the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing Native Plant Nursery set up…
Insects trapped in amber shed light on ancient Amazon rainforest
WASHINGTON — Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh…
Scientists Decode Genome of Sweetpotato
Researchers have produced a chromosome-level genome assembly for a sweetpotato cultivar called ‘Tanzania.’ ‘Tanzania’ sweetpotato variety. Image credit:…
New Chinese Gene-Editing Tools Promise Advances in Medicine, Agriculture
(Yicai) Aug. 7 — Chinese researchers have developed two advanced DNA editing tools that could lead to breakthroughs…