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EXPLAINER: When is Manhattanhenge? Where can you see it?
Didn’t make it to Stonehenge for the solstice? There’s still time to catch Manhattanhenge, when the…
Just add water: A simple method to obtain versatile porous polymers
For a polymer composed of very simple repeating units, polyethylenimine (PEI) has an astounding number of…
Evidence of stronger overturning circulation in the Pacific during the last glacial period
Located between Australia and New Zealand, the Tasman Sea is an important but so far neglected…
Root-farming gophers might be our closest agricultural relatives
Although you’ll probably never see them, you can spot them by the tell-tale mounds of sandy…
Study provides novel evolutionary insights into unisexual reproductive success
Unisexual reproduction lacks meiotic recombination, resulting in the accumulation of deleterious mutations and hindering the creation…
DNA typewriter taps out messages inside cells
While developing a new system for recording within cells, geneticist Jay Shendure and his team decided…
How gas nanobubbles accelerate solid-liquid-gas reactions
Solid-liquid-gas reactions are common in various natural phenomenon and industrial applications, such as hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell…
First experimental evidence supporting Hamilton's rule regarding kin selection in economic decision-making
Hamilton’s rule—the mathematical relation quantifying the idea that genetically related subjects are more likely to help…
Intercropping and sustainable farming practices increase soil carbon reserves
The Diverfarming project evaluates the impact of intercropping and agricultural management on the dynamics of soil…