Giant trees have tricks to work around drought
Samples collected at daring heights provide evidence for an untested theory of tree drought adaptation, while countering another.
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The natural history of every U.S. state is on display at a new D.C. exhibit
The Smithsonian Natural History Museum’s latest exhibit, “From These Lands,” connects visitors with America’s natural history.
The hantavirus outbreak is over, WHO declares
The hantavirus outbreak that struck a cruise ship in April, killing three people and sparking fears of further spread, is over, the World Health Organization
‘Uncharted territory’: Record high ocean temperatures confirmed for June as El Niño strengthens its grip
June global sea surface temperatures have climbed to record highs, prompting concerns over extreme weather, flooding, sea level rise and stress to global ocean ecosystems.
James Webb telescope may have discovered a mysterious, never-before-seen substance on Pluto and Titan
A mysterious wavelength of light is missing from the dwarf planet Pluto and Saturn’s supersized moon Titan, new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observations show.
NASA launches bold mission to rescue a falling space telescope before it crashes to Earth
A rescue spacecraft is speeding toward a NASA telescope to prevent it from falling into Earth’s atmosphere. The first-of-its-kind mission launched at 5:09 a.m. EDT
A new species of walking shark has been found in Papua New Guinea
Walking sharks crawl on their fins across reefs and even out into tide pools. The newfound Dudgeon walking shark brings the known species count to
LINK Spacecraft Set for Mission to Boost NASA’s Swift Observatory
A Katalyst engineer runs tests on LINK while the satellite is inside the Pegasus XL rocket attached to the Stargazer aircraft at NASA’s Wallops Flight
For the First Time, a Cell Built From Scratch Grows and Divides
For the very first time, biologists packed nonliving components into a cell-like membrane, piece by piece, and witnessed the bag of molecules start to behave
Ancient-DNA analysis solves 500-year-old mystery of what killed 2 Medici brothers
Two brothers from the wealthy and powerful Medici family died of malaria and were not poisoned as a rumor had suggested, archaeologists have confirmed based
Antarctica’s first dinosaur fossil belonged to a group of the largest land animals ever
The first dinosaur found in Antarctica belonged to a group that included the largest animals ever to walk the planet, a new study finds. A
Diagnostic dilemma: Improper use of a massage gun tore holes in a man’s retinas
The patient: A man in his 20s in Edinburgh, U.K. The symptoms: The man visited an eye clinic after noticing floaters — small, dark shapes
Young gulls’ drab plumage may help them avoid adult attacks
Fake, painted decoys suggest immature coloring acts as a social signal, reducing aggression from territorial nesting gulls.
This space telescope is falling. A robotic spacecraft may save it
A private rocket mission aims to boost NASA’s Swift telescope before its orbit decays, extending its hunt for gamma-ray bursts.