Are horseshoe crabs truly “living fossils”?
Scientists discovered a 445-million-year-old horseshoe crab fossil showing that these animals have maintained the same reproductive system…
Category: Biology
The long-term fate of Earth’s biosphere
Scientists modeled how Earth’s temperature and atmosphere will change over billions of years and predicted that plants and the life they…
Testing local weather knowledge in the Bolivian Altiplano
Researchers compared traditional Aymara weather signs with decades of meteorological data and found that some local indicators are strongly…
What colors were prehistoric mammals?
Paleontologists used fossilized pigment cells to reconstruct the fur colors of Mesozoic mammals, shedding light on their nocturnal…
Predicting microbial antibiotic resistance with AI
Scientists used machine learning models to predict the prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes in agricultural soil under future climate…
Using seaweed to harvest valuable metals
Researchers demonstrated that blooms of the free-floating seaweed Sargassum can sustainably extract rare earth elements from water.
Viruses help plants obtain nitrogen
Scientists discovered soil viruses that help legume plants convert atmospheric nitrogen into biologically available nutrients.
Cold shocks in a warming ocean affect large marine animals
Researchers identified trends in extreme cold events that can push migratory animals, such as bull sharks, beyond their thermal tolerance…
A parasite that numbs your pain
Researchers discovered a parasitic worm that reduces mice’s ability to feel pain by suppressing the activity of pain-sensing neurons in…
Were dinosaurs doomed before the asteroid hit?
Scientists analyzed a rock layer in New Mexico dating to the end of the dinosaur era and found that dinosaurs in the south remained diverse…