Since the turn of the 21st century, rapid advancements in phylogenomics have significantly deepened our understanding of the tree of life, particularly for ancient divergence. A recent letter to the ...

Cable bacteria (Desulfaobulbaceae) are known for their ability to conduct electricity in the form of negatively charged electrons over many millimeters. To determine whether cable bacteria can also ...

Maria Iandolo New, who passed away on July 26, 2024, at the age of 95, was the child of Italian immigrants who came to America as professional musicians. She grew up in the Little Italy section of ...

One glimpse at the devastation in the Los Angeles area, and it’s hard to imagine a complete rebuild. But look at the town of Paradise in northern California today, and you’d never know that the ...

A kidney cancer cell nucleus is studded with aberrant nuclear speckles (orange). Normal healthy cells tend to have the speckles clustered toward the middle. Image credit: Kate Alexander (Cold Spring ...

Every year, US dairy producers churn out billions of pounds of cheese—over 14 billion in 2023 alone. As that cheese heads to market, producers must contend with what’s left behind: roughly 6 billion ...

The rates of biological primary production before the emergence of atmospheric oxygen on Earth are thought to be low. However, mudstones from the Archean Era contain a high organic matter content, ...

In 2010, climate scientists gathered at the Asilomar Conference Center in California, in a convening that echoed a legendary 1975 meeting in which a scientific committee came together in a exercise of ...

Rotbarth et al. suggest that the current bimodal distribution of tree cover—dense forests (>60% cover) and sparse woodlands (<15% cover)—could transition to a more uniform “open forest” state with 30 ...

Camouflage, including coloration that matches the environmental background, can help predators evade detection as they approach prey. Compared with camouflage that occurs in the daytime, nocturnal ...