Historian Jeff Shesol recalls the early days of the space program, when Cold War fears ruled…
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Changes in marine ecosystems going undetected
Existing ways of calculating biodiversity dynamics are not very effective in detecting wholesale species community change…
Agricultural rewilding can help restore the environment and support production of high-welfare food, researchers say
Rewilding landscapes using elements of farming practice can help to restore ecosystems and produce high-welfare, high-quality…
Disarming the body's defenders
A new study shows how certain cancers neutralize T cells to subvert the immune system and…
Process converts polyethylene bags, plastics to polymer building blocks
Polyethylene plastics — single-use bags and general-purpose bottles — are indestructable forever plastics. That also makes…
Exquisitely thin membranes can slash energy spent refining crude oil into fuel and plastic
Scientists have created a new type of nanomembrane that presents a less energy intensive way to…
'Mystery gene' matures the skeleton of the cell
Scientists have managed to track down one of the ‘mystery genes’ — the gene that ensures…
Observations confirm model predictions of sea-level change from Greenland melt
Rising sea levels from melting glaciers and ice sheets pose an increasing threat to coastal communities…
Sniffing out the brain's smelling power
Since their discovery over 100 years ago, neurons in the brain’s olfactory bulb, called tufted cells,…
Neural net computing in water
A team of researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences…