Pathogen protein modularity enables elaborate mimicry of host phosphatase

Pathogens have developed an extensive array of proteins during the co-evolutionary arms race with their hosts.…

56 million-year-old Eocene global warming may indicate a wetter future

Modeling of Earth’s response to global warming has suggested dry regions will become more arid and…

A surprise chemical find by ALMA may help detect and confirm protoplanets

Scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to study the protoplanetary disk around a young…

A jaw-dropping conundrum: Why do mammals have a stiff lower jaw?

From the 20-foot-long jawbones of the filter-feeding blue whale to the short, but bone-crushing, jaws of…

Which is longer, Amazon or Nile? New quest aims to settle old debate

What’s the longest river in the world, the Nile or the Amazon? The question has fueled…

Jumbo problem: Sri Lanka's battle with plastic pollution

Heart-wrenching images of revered elephants and cattle eating plastic in Sri Lanka have prompted politicians to…

Football pitch of tropical forest lost every 5 seconds

Earth lost an area of carbon-absorbing rainforest larger than Switzerland or the Netherlands in 2022, most…

Was that actually a tsunami that hit Florida? Yes, but not the kind you think

An unexpected culprit toppled beach chairs along the sand at normally calm Clearwater Beach, Florida, last…

A scientist's 4-decade quest to save the biggest monkey in the Americas

The emerald-green canopy shifts and rustles as a troop of willowy, golden-gray monkeys slides through a…

Magnetic bacteria provide clues for the early diversification of bacteria

Magnetotactic bacteria, which can align with the Earth’s magnetic field, have been discovered in a new…