Beetroot juice may make swimming feel easier without making swimmers faster
Researchers pooled evidence across sprint and middle-distance events to test whether a popular nitrate-rich supplement can translate its…
California tribes sign historic agreement to save Clear Lake fish
Jose “Moke” Simon III recalls as a child in the ‘70s watching the creeks that flow into Clear…
CERN smallest collision system smashes oxygen atoms, shows direct jet quenching
In a series of new experiments, scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) have smashed oxygen…
New recycling process converts plastic waste into useful chemicals using only water and oxygen
Researchers developed a catalyst-free recycling method that uses only water and oxygen to break down durable plastics such…
Fish oil supplementation during pregnancy changes two childhood brain metabolic markers
A decade after mothers received EPA- and DHA-rich fish oil, MRI scans revealed subtle metabolic differences in their…
‘The Pigeon Came Up to Them Seeking Help’
Images of Oakland firefighters helping out a struggling pigeon seem to have charmed the internet. The odd…
Ancient Oceans Began Losing Oxygen Millions of Years before End-Triassic Mass Extinction
Chemical traces preserved in ancient rocks indicate that marine environments were deteriorating long before the catastrophe that wiped…
Ancient Weed Contains Water So Strange That Scientists Thought It Came From a Meteorite
Smooth horsetail along Thomas Creek, foothills of the Carson Range, Washoe County, Nevada. Credit: Matt Lavin/Flickr. Researchers at…
Give your Christmas tree a second life, completely for free | The Latest from WDEL News
RACHEL M SUGA Do you not know what to do with your Christmas tree? Delaware Center for Horticulture…
Versant Lays Out Original Content Strategy
Versant, a collection of cable networks and digital platforms that will spin off from Comcast early next year,…
Beaked Whales: Marine Mammals Revealing Cellular Secrets and Opening New Doors to Medicine
The goose-beaked whales, known as beaked whales, are true specialists in extreme dives. They can reach depths of…
10 animals that can survive without oxygen
Creatures beating oxygen odds Whereas the majority of the living beings on the planet cannot live without oxygen,…