Salty soil is no problem for these tomatoes: microbial helpers (2019)

Root fungus helps plants thrive even with the added sodium | Continue reading


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Ants store short and long term of their memory on different sides of their brain

Pavlovian experiment reveals first evidence of brain lateralization in ants | Continue reading


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Common tire chemical implicated in mysterious deaths of at-risk salmon

Coho salmon in urban streams have been dying in the U.S. Pacific Northwest | Continue reading


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How Cats Get Their Stripes

Newly uncovered developmental mechanism may pattern the coats of other mammals, too | Continue reading


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Biotech will ask FDA for emergency approval as final results from efficacy trial back up initial claim of vaccine success | Continue reading


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Precise maps of millions of bright quasars show our place in the cosmos

Celestial reference frames built from Gaia star-mapping satellite promise better planetary navigation and telescope pointing | Continue reading


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For €9500, Nature journals will now make your paper free to read

Prominent family of highly selective journals expands open-access option | Continue reading


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With global push for Covid-19 vaccines, China aims to win friends and cut deals

Its version of Warp Speed aims not just to stem the COVID-19 pandemic, but to build diplomatic and trade ties | Continue reading


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With more data on its Covid vaccine, Russia has new evidence of success

Sputnik V vaccine still has more than 90% efficacy in second interim analysis | Continue reading


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Laser fusion reactor approaches ‘burning plasma’ milestone

After a decade, National Ignition Facility nears a self-heated, sustained reaction, though net energy gain is still elusive | Continue reading


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After critiques of study on gender and mentorship, journal is reviewing the work

Nature Communications paper claims female mentors are bad for early-career female scientists | Continue reading


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Pigeons spot cancer as well as human experts (2015)

But pigeons as medical pathologists probably won't fly | Continue reading


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Space is filled with unexplained light

A probe billions of kilometers from Earth has measured visible light unattributable to known stars and galaxies | Continue reading


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Scientists divided over faculty requiring proof of efforts to promote diversity

Hundreds choose sides, with each position counting numerical data to support their view | Continue reading


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To explain away dark matter, gravity would have to be weird, cosmologists say

Analysis of early cosmic evolution points to dark matter’s importance and casts doubt on modified theories of gravity | Continue reading


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‘Exceptional’ cancer patients yield clues to better drug treatments

Mutations and other changes in tumors appear to explain rare success stories | Continue reading


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Twisted graphene could power a new generation of superconducting electronics

Stacked carbon sheets used to make switches that some quantum computers rely on | Continue reading


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Famed Arecibo telescope, on the brink of collapse, will be dismantled

National Science Foundation decides to decommission iconic radio observatory | Continue reading


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Potential signs of life on Venus are fading

Amid mounting criticism, researchers find far lower levels of mysterious phosphine in reanalysis of telescope data | Continue reading


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Heat is killing more people than ever

Along with hot weather, exertion and ill health can heighten danger | Continue reading


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Mutant Coronaviruses Found in Mink

Scientists worry changes in the viral genome could make future COVID-19 vaccines less effective | Continue reading


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Leprosy, ancient scourge of humans, found to assail wild chimpanzees

Genetic sequencing suggests apes caught pathogen from an unknown reservoir | Continue reading


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Gene therapy for autism-linked condition weakened legs

Temporary side effect leads to hold on clinical trial as scientists explore different dosing strategies | Continue reading


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Proponent of using IQ tests to screen immigrants named to senior NIST post

Work by Jason Richwine has generated controversy | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

Second cable breaks at Puerto Rico’s Arecibo telescope

Researchers worried for future of iconic radio telescope after second cable tears through its dish | Continue reading


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Several U.S. utilities back out of deal to build NuScale nuclear plant

Even with infusion of federal cash, plan to build NuScale plant too pricey for some | Continue reading


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‘Landmark’ study resolves a major mystery of how genes govern human height

Nearly 10,000 common gene variants influence how tall a person becomes | Continue reading


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How to (Seriously) Read a Scientific Paper

Reading becomes easier with experience, but it is up to each scientist to identify the techniques that work best for them. | Continue reading


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United Kingdom lights up its unusual fusion reactor

The Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak is testing a nontraditional design | Continue reading


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Millions of animals missing from scientific studies

Analysis at Dutch university suggests researchers are not reporting a large number of animal experiments | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

Without humans, pumpkins may have gone extinct

Study traces genetic ancestry of pumpkin family | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

The ' bad look' of remdesivir, the first FDA-approved corona drug

The Food and Drug Administration held no advisory meeting on antiviral, and the European Union signed contract without knowing of failed trial | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

Dogs tracked their humans across the ancient world

DNA from dog remains traces a relationship across time and space | Continue reading


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Doe picks two advanced nuclear reactors for demonstration projects

Commercial molten-salt and gas-cooled reactors to be built within 7 years | Continue reading


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Like humans, male chimps mellow with age

Findings could provide clues to the roots of human aging behavior patterns | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

Cryo–electron microscopy breaks the atomic resolution barrier at last

Improvements help the technique rival x-ray crystallography | Continue reading


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Act now, await perfect evidence later – UK Covid mask campaign 'high priestess'

Trisha Greenhalgh argues COVID-19 shows how too much weight on evidence-based medicine can be the enemy of good policy | Continue reading


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Trump's Covid-19 coordinator undermined the world's top health agency

How physician Deborah Birx’s unreasonable demands for hospital data created a “debacle” at CDC | Continue reading


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Found: Genes that sway the course of the coronavirus

Host variants boost severity risk, may point to drug options | Continue reading


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New species of water bear uses fluorescent shield to survive lethal UV radiation

Paramacrobiotus pigments transform ultraviolet into harmless blue light | Continue reading


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A NASA mission is about to capture carbon-rich dust from a former water world

Carbonate veins suggest water once flowed on asteroid Bennu | Continue reading


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Starlink Worries Radio Astronomers

Analysis from Square Kilometre Array suggests satellite megaconstellations could upset views of molecules in space | Continue reading


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New York City uses ‘nudges’ to reduce missed court dates

Redesigned ticket—and text message reminders—led to a 13% drop in missed court dates | Continue reading


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Nobel laureate who helped save the ozone layer dies

Chemist Mario Molina was 77 | Continue reading


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Researchers face hurdles to evaluate, synthesize Covid-19 evidence at top speed

New methods could make systematic reviews relevant during health emergencies | Continue reading


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New test detects coronavirus in just 5 minutes

CRISPR-based approach is much faster than current diagnostics, but does have some limitations | Continue reading


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Mysterious ‘ghost’ populations had multiple trysts with human ancestors

Genomic studies show interbreeding goes back at least half a million years | Continue reading


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Electric shocks to the tongue can quiet chronic ringing ears

In study, stimulating sound and touch together molds the brain, reduces tinnitus | Continue reading


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