Biology How art restorers in Italy used bacteria to clean up pesky grime on Michelangelo sculptures June 16, 2021 - Updated on February 14, 2024
Biology One-way camel trade is keeping another coronavirus at bay, but it could still spark the next pandemic June 9, 2021
Biology Scientists resurrect microscopic creatures that were frozen for 24,000 years in Siberia June 8, 2021
Biology Table corals have an important role to play in reef recovery, but they’re also quite vulnerable June 2, 2021
Biology We’re inching closer to a better sunscreen that won’t kill corals (unlike our current options) May 28, 2021
Biology Psychedelic-like drug could fix the symptoms of stress without giving you hallucinations May 26, 2021
Biology Biodiversity loss, fueled by human activity, could take millions of years to recover May 24, 2021
Animals These bizarre deep-sea fish have the blackest skin ever seen May 21, 2021 - Updated on September 14, 2023
Animals We don’t really know how many lions there are — but researchers have an idea to count them May 12, 2021
Biology A few million years ago, this giant saber-toothed cat hunted rhinos in North America May 10, 2021
Biology Citrus fruit stands poised to make transparent wood more sustainable, stronger, and more transparent May 5, 2021
Biology Adult T-Rexs likely couldn’t keep up with their offspring, judging from their paw prints April 28, 2021
Biology A pack of …T-Rex? Tyrannosaurs may have hunted in packs like wolves, study finds April 22, 2021
Biology Researchers uncover the oldest known species with opposable thumbs — a dinosaur in China April 15, 2021
Biology Fossil Friday: microbes discovered deep underground remain virtually unchanged since 175 million years ago April 9, 2021
Biology Modern rainforests were born when the dinosaurs died, a new paper explains April 7, 2021 - Updated on April 15, 2021
Biology How scientists discovered a new law of nature that explains why animals grow ‘pointy’ parts March 30, 2021 - Updated on August 22, 2023
Biology Scientists build artificial cell — and it grows and divides just like the real thing March 30, 2021
Biology Fossil Friday: we might have found the earliest known cephalopod, extending the family’s history by 30 million years March 26, 2021
Animals Giant Australian flightless bird was ‘extreme evolutionary experiment’ March 24, 2021 - Updated on July 20, 2023
Agriculture Timelapse reveals the hidden dance of roots — and how mutant plants do it differently March 19, 2021
Biology Scientists observe nanobots coordinating inside a living host for the first time March 18, 2021
Biology Researchers find four strains of bacteria on the ISS — three are completely new to science March 16, 2021
Biology Ancient lightning could have sparked life on Earth March 16, 2021 - Updated on March 17, 2021
Biology Some mushrooms can squeeze through tiny spaces, but they need to make sacrifices March 16, 2021
Biology No body required: sea slugs can regenerate new bodies from their severed heads alone March 8, 2021
Biology One of the largest ecosystems on Earth lives beneath the seafloor and eats radiation byproducts March 3, 2021
Animals Cuttlefish can delay gratification alongside humans, chimps, and some birds (so far) March 3, 2021 - Updated on October 7, 2023