Wolves Like a Little Nectar Treat and May Pollinate Flowers in the Process
After Ethiopian wolves feed on their favorite rodents, they may be enjoying a bit of dessert and in the process…
A Landscape Architect Fights Climate Change
Martha Schwartz Partners works around the globe to take on pollution and warming of the planet.This article is part of…
Moths Were Destroying My Clothes. Tiny Parasitic Wasps Saved Them.
A “weird city version” of common countryside wisdom saved my favorite outfits.Everything in life is a trade-off between money and…
Taxing Farm Animals’ Farts and Burps? Denmark Gives It a Try.
Denmark, known for its inventive restaurants and elegant design studios, is about to become known for something more basic: the…
Hummingbirds’ Flight Offers Clues to Improve Drones
Hummingbirds zooming around the garden from flower to flower and sipping nectar probably don’t appear at first glance to be…
Trial of Controversial Alzheimer’s Drug Halted After Disappointing Results
Cassava Sciences said that its drug did not significantly reduce cognitive decline in 1,900 people with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s…
Squirting Cucumbers Shoot Their Seeds Like Botanical Bombardiers
Scientists say they’ve worked out how the plant can fire its seeds up to almost 40 feet.The hairy, ground-hugging vines…
Uranus and Neptune May Conceal Vast Oceans of Water
A scientist simulated the contents of the ice giant worlds, and found that a fluid layer may explain each planet’s…
‘DNA Typewriters’ Can Record a Cell’s History
Labs around the world are trying to turn cells into autobiographers, tracking their own development from embryos to adults.Shortly after…
Great Apes and Tiny Bears: Chasing Wild Thrills in Borneo
We lurched along an unpaved road in the night, walls of trees and knotted vines on either side. In the…