2025/09/Shaykayatcoris-michalskii_ancient-bug-pollinator_amber_Eotvos-Lorand-University_1m.jpg
09-06-2025
99-million-year-old bug hints that flowers once had very different pollinators
When we think of pollinators, bees, butterflies, and hoverflies usually...
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2024/08/gene-modified-trees_wood_lignin_construction_1m.jpg
09-05-2025
Scientists create 'super wood' from gene-edited trees and claim it will change everything
Wood looks simple, but it’s a tricky material. Inside every...
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2025/09/Plant-flowering.jpg
09-05-2025
Plant flowering is triggered by blue light and cool air
Plants cannot move to chase comfort, yet they still need...
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09-05-2025
Seasonal timing can change quickly over short distances
Earth’s seasons are not a single global script. They vary...
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09-04-2025
Heat is making crop harvests wildly unpredictable
Walk into a grocery store today and you may find...
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09-03-2025
Deforestation is drying the Amazon more than climate change
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is doing far more than...
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2025/09/garum_roman-sauce_dna-ingredients_1m.jpg
09-03-2025
DNA identifies ingredients of the 'ketchup' used on food by the Roman Empire
Romans loved garum, a salty fish sauce that showed up...
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2025/09/plant-roots-2.jpg
09-02-2025
Digging into plant roots with DNA - no shovels required
We stroll past wheat, clover, and grass and see only...
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2025/09/crops-drought.jpg
09-01-2025
Plants trade growth for survival after drought
When plants face a drought, they stop growing. That part...
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2025/09/Global-greening-water.jpg
09-01-2025
How global greening could drain Earth’s water supply
From space, Earth looks lusher than it did a generation...
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2025/09/Forest-microplastics.jpg
09-01-2025
Plastic rain: Forests are trapping microplastics from the sky
When we talk about plastic pollution, oceans and rivers dominate...
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