Science

A nearly century-old dead date palm tree helped solve a...

The iconic Cape Verde date palm came from commercial trees gone feral and could ...

A tardigrade protein helped reduce radiation damage in ...

Mouse cells tweaked to produce the tardigrade protein incurred less DNA damage t...

Tuberculosis could be eradicated. So why isn’t it?

John Green’s new book, Everything Is Tuberculosis, reveals how social injustice ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...