New liana species reported from Tibet

Hodgsonia is a small genus of fruit-bearing vines in the family Cucurbitaceae. It consists of only…

Mirror image molecules reveal drought stress in forests

Worldwide, plants emit about 100 million tons of monoterpenes into the atmosphere each year. These volatile…

Stone Age skeleton missing foot may show oldest amputation

The 31,000-year-old skeleton of a young adult found in a cave in Indonesia that is missing…

Israel acquires papyrus with Hebrew inscription from Montana

Israel has acquired a previously unknown ancient papyrus bearing a Hebrew inscription dated to around 2,700…

How a missing foot in Borneo is upending what we've known about human history

At the center of a cathedral-size cave in remote Borneo, an Indonesian archaeologist brushed away sediment…

Prospects for an all-optical remote magnetic field sensor

Crystals doped with rare-earth (RE) ions exhibit very narrow linewidths of optical transitions. The narrow-line spectra…

Extreme flash droughts will continue into the future

In the summer of 2020, an extreme flash drought event broke out over the southeastern coastal…

Norman dominance of Europe inspired first crusades in the Holy Land, new book claims

The first European crusaders of the Holy Land were inspired by the fame and fortune awarded…

Consortium announces five new northern white rhinoceros embryos created

Three years after starting its ambitious program to save the northern white rhino from extinction through…

These female hummingbirds evolved to look like males—apparently to evade aggression

White-necked jacobin hummingbirds sport a colorful blue-and-white plumage as juveniles. When they grow into adulthood, males…