When many people think of watermelon, they likely think of Citrullus lanatus, the cultivated watermelon with…
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UN confirms Madrid as new location for climate summit
The United Nations global climate meeting next month will take place in Madrid after previous host…
Use of neonicotinoids on rice paddies linked to fishery collapse in Japan
A team of researchers with members affiliated with several institutions in Japan has found what they…
Researchers can now quickly, accurately scan for nutrient content in the produce aisle
The first quick, accurate, nondestructive and portable way to scan produce for nutrients has been demonstrated…
Bringing ideas to life through experimental physics
Even the most brilliant scientific ideas need data. Just this year, the first-ever image of a…
Mobile app to provide the latest on black hole collisions and merging neutron stars
PhD students from the Institute for Gravitational Wave Astronomy have released a new app to encourage…
Jupiter-sized exoplanet discovered through microlensing
The path of a light beam is bent by the presence of mass, and a massive…
This Alaska mine could generate $1 billion a year. Is it worth the risk to salmon?
A brown bear loped across rolling green tundra as Charles Weimer set down a light, single-engine…
Four decades of data sounds early warning on Lake George
Although concentrations of chemicals and pollutants like salt and nutrients have increased in the deep waters…
Cities, tribes try a new environmental approach: Give nature rights
When members of the White Earth band of Ojibwe in Minnesota take out their canoes to…