Science

How silicon turns tomato plants into mean, green, pest-...

Treated plants fight pests without the need for toxic pesticides, oozing a "larv...

Avoidable deaths increased in the U.S. as they dropped ...

In the United States, deaths that could have been avoided rose, on average, from...

Buying carbon credits to fight climate change? Here’s w...

Carbon credits sold on the voluntary market are under scrutiny for not offsettin...

A deep brain stimulation volunteer discusses life after...

In this bonus episode of The Deep End, you’ll hear an update from Jon Nelson, wh...

Human memory is flawed. But a new book says that’s OK

The new book Memory Lane convincingly demonstrates how memories are like Lego bu...

Plastic ‘fossils’ help scientists reconstruct the histo...

Plastic waste has let common coots reuse nests year after year. Scientists have ...

An mRNA cancer vaccine may offer long-term protection 

A vaccine kept patients free of pancreatic cancer for years, yet new reports say...

Hammerhead sharks’ diets may affect if they roam or sta...

Understanding hammerhead sharks’ food preferences could aid efforts to protect t...

Gray seals may sense their own blood oxygen levels

The seals’ ability to detect the amount of oxygen in their blood may help them m...

Babies can form memories, and they do it a lot like adults

A brain scanning study of babies reveals how some of the earliest memories are m...

Wildfires and farm fertilizer use are fueling ozone pol...

Fires and agricultural soils can rival cars and factories in emitting chemicals ...

Stinky penguin poop strikes fear into the hearts of Ant...

A chemical in Adélie penguin guano may have cued krill to take evasive maneuvers...

A map of 14 million galaxies and quasars deepens a dark...

The DESI experiment shocked cosmologists with a hint that dark energy varies ove...

A hopping robot shows off its squirrel-like skills

Salto the jumping robot can take a flying leap and land on a narrow pipe — just ...

Parrots and humans share a brain mechanism for speech

Brain activity in vocalizing budgerigar parrots showed a pattern that harkened t...

The nearest single star to Earth has four small planets

Last year, astronomers announced that a planet orbits Barnard’s star. Now, resea...