Aquatic plants are essential to the ecosystem, but need good management, say researchers

Submerged macrophytes are declining in many shallow lakes around the world, with more algae and free-floating…

Researchers offer new guide to the future of plastics

How does a future-proof, circular and sustainable plastics economy look like? The answer is a balance…

Invasive lionfish have spread south from the Caribbean to Brazil, threatening ecosystems and livelihoods

Brazil’s coastal waters teem with a rich array of species that paint a living tapestry beneath…

Viewpoint: Migrants traveling through Mexico to the US follow news of dangers—but are not deterred

The world awoke one morning in late March 2023 to the news that at least 38…

Are rich people more intelligent? Here's what the science says

From “White Lotus” to “Succession,” there’s high demand for television dramas about the super rich. The…

NASA looks back at 50 years of gamma-ray burst science

Fifty years ago, on June 1, 1973, astronomers around the world were introduced to a powerful…

New research reveals harrowing stories of murdered Indigenous women and the failure of police to act

(Editor’s note: This article mentions acts of intimate partner violence against First Nations people.) …

Researchers unveil long-sought noncanonical cleavage mechanism in miRNA biogenesis

To discover and thoroughly demonstrate the newly identified noncanonical cleavage mechanism, the Hong Kong University of…

Looking at the development and use of human body-based measurements across cultures

A trio of cognitive scientists and culturist researchers at the University of Helsinki has taken a…

Analysis of lightweight nuclei from gold ion collisions offers insight into primordial matter phase changes

Physicists analyzing data from gold ion smashups at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a U.S.…