Good Feelings and Long Term Pain Opioids Change how we Experience Rewards by Affecting Brain Circuitry September 5, 2019 by Hunter Dulay Read More
Heating Up the Microbial Soup: Warm Oceans May Benefit Cyanobacteria Cyanobacteria can grow better with limited nutrients if the water temperature is increased, but only to a certain extent. August 1, 2019 by Erica Curles Read More
Can life hiding near Yellowstone National Park’s hot springs tell us about the ancient Earth? Sunlight-driven life hiding under layers of silica near Yellowstone’s hot springs may hold clues for what Earth was like billions of years ago July 24, 2019 by Mary Sabuda Read More
Bacteria with Nanowires can Electrocute Metals Instead of Breathe Recycling Expensive and Toxic Metals with Bacteria July 3, 2019 by Hunter Dulay Read More
Believe it or not, we can (kind of) measure the air pressure of early Earth! Blue-green algae's response to different nitrogen pressures may tell us what fossils to look for and what those fossils tell us about ancient air pressure. February 13, 2019 by Sanjoy Som Read More
Lasers and Fool’s Gold Give a Glimpse Into Our Ocean’s Past The amount of pyrite in the sea floor gives us an idea of how much oxygen was in the ocean millions of years ago. January 30, 2018 by Daniel Gregory Read More
Chasing Alien Worlds with a Flying Telescope SOFIA is the name of a telescope that flies in the stratosphere to collect data that is unimpeded by the Earth's atmosphere September 27, 2017 by Daniel Angerhausen Read More
An Overlooked Opportunity to Breathe Without Oxygen How some bacteria may use soluble manganese to breathe July 24, 2017 by Nadia Szeinbaum Read More
Why is the Sun Yellow? Red dwarf stars are much more common, so are we a fluke? May 18, 2017 by Jacob Haqq-Misra Read More
Betting on Aliens Would you invest in the search for extraterrestrials for a chance to win big? April 4, 2017 by Jacob Haqq-Misra Read More
