Credit: CC0 Public Domain Drones, robots and autonomous systems can transform the natural world in and around cities for people and wildlife. International research, involving...
Cryptochrome-2 allows plants to detect and react to blue light. Credit: Shabek lab Plants can perceive and react to light across a wide spectrum. New...
A 2019 eruption of Steamboat Geyser in the Norris Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park. The geyser’s first documented activity was in 1878, and it...
Artist’s concept illustration depicting cells treated with antibiotics (red) propagating in a river environment, while those that have been genetically modified to remove the gene that produces...
Credit: CC0 Public Domain From an observatory high above Chile’s Atacama Desert, astronomers have taken a new look at the oldest light in the universe....
Dutch fashion designer Bas Timmer is swapping luxury catwalks for homeless aid: He now sews “sheltersuits” – a mixture of sleeping bag, winter jacket and...
To say that 2020 was challenging is an understatement. A world laid low by a pandemic. Racial inequities laid bare through social protests. Regions laid...
Discoveries about the cosmos and ancient life on Earth tantalized scientists and the public in 2020. But these big claims require more evidence before they...