Disappearing Seagrass Protects Against Pathogens, Even Climate Change, Scientists Find
By CARL ZIMMER An ecological cornerstone is vanishing rapidly from the oceans, and scientists fear the consequences for […]
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Harvard and M.I.T. Scientists Win Gene-Editing Patent Fight
By ANDREW POLLACK The ruling gives the Broad Institute the potentially lucrative rights, a blow to the University […]
NASA Looks to Speed Timetable for Putting Astronauts in Deep ...
By KENNETH CHANG The agency’s acting administrator offered the first hints of a notable mission that could lead […]
Ancient Jars Hold Clues About Earth’s Fluctuating Magnetic Fields
By KENNETH CHANG By scanning pottery from the Iron Age kingdom of Judah, geoscientists detected a spike and […]
How to Keep the Bloom on That Valentine Rose
By STEPH YIN Just like hangover cures, there are many theories about the best method for keeping cut […]
A Race to Document Rare Plants Before These Cliffs Are ...
By JULIA WALLACE The species native to Cambodia’s limestone karsts exist nowhere else. Now these unique environments are […]
How a Little Bit of Hydra Regrows a Whole Animal
By JAMES GORMAN A protein scaffold in the body of the hydra, a tiny predator, helps it regenerate […]
Peter Mansfield, M.R.I. Pioneer and Nobel Laureate, Dies at 83
By KENNETH CHANG Dr. Mansfield’s discoveries enabled doctors to diagnose and examine injuries without exposing the patient to […]
Long Before Making Enigmatic Earthworks, People Reshaped Brazil’s Rain Forest
By JOANNA KLEIN New research finds that humans were sustainably managing the landscape, perhaps thousands of years before […]
Lunar Eclipse and Green Comet Make for Busy Friday Night ...
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR The casual skygazer shouldn’t expect much of a spectacle from the back-to-back penumbral lunar […]