Healthy lifestyles can offset the genetic risk of dementia by 32%
Healthy body, healthy mind.
Research is getting to the root of climate change with bigger, deeper plant roots
"We are incredibly excited about this first discovery on the road to realizing the goals of the Harnessing Plants Initiative,"...
Iron-breathing bacteria might have delayed Earth’s oxygenation for almost one billion years
Inhale iron, exhale rust.
Fossil Friday: bird encased in amber has an unique, “extreme” toe
The bird's hyper-elongated third toe is longer than its whole lower leg, the authors report.
The hunger hormone is involved in episodic memory in rats, new research finds
Rats with artificially-reduced ghrelin signaling showed impaired performance in an episodic memory task.
Corals are moving away from the sweltering tropics — and establishing new reefs
Everybody seems to be running from the heat this summer.
Satellite imaging used to spot the largest seaweed bloom in the world
The record-breaking belt of brown algae stretches from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico.
Antarctic instability could raise sea levels by half a meter in 150 years
Currently, sea levels are 20 cm (almost 8 inches) above pre-industrial levels.
Space station mold can survive 200 times more radiation than you or me
Researchers plan to employ them as producers of food, antibiotics, other materials for astronauts on deep space missions.
Ignoring distractions or temptation is harder when you’re tired, stressed, or trying to remember something
The best course of action in such situations is simply to avoid places that could make you 'sin'.
NASA plans to send a helicopter drone to Titan in search of life
Titan is of interest because it is the only body in our solar system (besides Earth) that has liquid rivers,...
Some extinct species of crocs were plant-eaters, fossil study reveals
Between three and six such species have existed in the past.
Researchers are one step closer to saving the northern white rhino from complete extinction
With only two females surviving in captivity, the species is functionally extinct.
Climate change and ozone layer holes form feedback loop, reports international panel
"Greenhouse gas emissions trap more heat in the lower atmosphere which leads to a cooling of the upper atmosphere. Those...
Our emissions could melt all the ice in Greenland by the year 3000 — and raise sea levels by 24 ft
Good thing we didn't call it Iceland, right?!
Largest freshwater aquifer of its kind found off the U.S. Northeast coast
The aquifer stretches at least from the shore of Massachusetts to New Jersey.
‘Pre-bunking’ is an effective tool against fake news, browser game shows
This is Good News!
Researchers, at long last, develop effective tool to study soil-borne microbes
Surprisingly, it was easier for us to go to the Moon than to develop such a tool.
Arctic ecosystems “highly responsive” to climate change — and very hard to fix once broken
"Our results show a clear link in the timing of animal recovery and the recovery of Earth systems."
Phages in kitchen sponges could help us wipe antibiotic resistant bacteria clean off
Kitchen sponges are crawling with bacteria. Turns out that's a good thing.
What is soil? Here’s the inside scoop
The Earth's great recycle bin.
Unpleasant smells make for more powerful memories, a new study finds
Breathe in deep!
Researchers look into reviving bleached corals using ‘non-preferred’ algal symbiotes
"We want to know if it's possible that more heat tolerant, non-preferred algae could revive bleached coral communities even if...
Groundwater pumping is bleeding the US’s rivers dry
We're hoarding all the supply.
The birth of forests helped drive two massive, ancient extinctions
They did not come in peace.
Some Martian clouds are made of ground-up meteors
That's pretty metal.
Legal recreational marijuana wreaks havoc on illegal markets, study finds
Drug users seem not to like drug dealers that much -- not if they have an alternative, anyway.
Researchers develop very powerful but reversible glue — kind of like snail slime
If it's icky but it works....
Cities from 9,000 years ago had pretty much the same problems as those of today, study finds
"Many of the challenges we have today are the same ones they had in Çatalhöyük — only magnified," say the...
Tilting your head down will make you seem more dominant — but also more aggressive
Keep your head high. Unless you want to be scary. Then keep it low.
The military is the largest emitter in the US Gov’t — in fact, it’s the world 55th largest polluter
War isn't clean, it would seem.
Warming climate means more, hotter armed conflicts, paper reports
Things are heating up.
Skinny seals and hungry cod point to trouble in the Baltic Sea
They're running out of food -- and climate change seems to be involved.
These fishes get sad when their partner is away — pointing to the roots of romantic love
Hear that? That's the sound of an itsy-bitsy fishy heart breaking apart and it's tragic.
You do have a type when it comes to dating, study finds
Oh, this explains a lot.
Mysterious gravitational anomaly in Moon’s South Pole could be a massive metal deposit
It was 'imported' from space via a meteorite impact.
Researchers find salamander-eating plants in Canadian provincial park
Shouldn't it go the other way around?
Old forests are better at dealing with climate change, study finds
Old age doesn't mean 'frail'.
Researchers copy off of polar bear fur to create new, powerful insulator
Learning from the best.
Heart-repairing patches poised for human trials, researchers report
But can they fix a broken heart?
Honey bee colonies dropped by 16% worldwide in the winter of 2017-18
Out of the 544,879 colonies these beekeepers managed, 89,124 were lost over the winter of 2017-18.
Working landscapes can be used for species conservation alongside economic activities
Forest patches are opportunities to conserve wildlife
May 2019 sets new record for highest average atmospheric CO2 levels in history
Please, tell me again how this has nothing to do with emissions.
Researchers write grant proposals differently depending on their gender, and it can lead to bias
The findings also have interesting implications for automated text-analysis software, which will increasingly take on tasks like this in the...
Miami dredging caused “extensive coral mortality and critical habitat loss” for the US’ only continental reef
It's nothing short of a tragedy.
New research paints the history of East Africa’s farmers, and how they evolved to eat dairy
It's a surprisingly rich history.
Researchers make chicken cells resist bird flu by snipping out a tiny bit of their DNA
There's still a long way to go before we have a full chicken, though.
Global food production is already being impacted by climate change, paper reports
There's been a 1% decline in the quantity of consumable food calories produced by the world's top 10 crops.