Scientists Found a Surprising Way to Make Fungus Happy
The discovery that sound improves the growth rate of beneficial fungus suggests that dirges in the dirt may help restore…
Researchers Find Cannibalized Victim of 19th-Century Arctic Voyage
A new study offers clues to a 179-year-old mystery that killed more than 100 explorers on the Franklin expedition in…
What to Know About the 2024 Nobel Prizes
The annual prizes will be announced beginning Monday.Nobel Prize season is upon us. Every October, committees in Sweden and Norway…
The Oldest Termite Mound? 34,000 Years and Counting.
Scientists recently found the planet’s longest continuously occupied termite colony in an arid region of South Africa. It dates to…
DNA Reveals the Origin Stories of America’s Captive Tigers
Scientists have wondered if the many captive tigers in the United States could one day help restore the species in…
A NOAA Climate Agency in Asheville Was Knocked Out by Helene
The National Centers for Environmental Information in Asheville, N.C., sweep together data from around the world to help track Earth’s…
The Food of Space Travel Could Be Based on Rocks
Scientists are studying whether future astronauts on deep-space journeys could transform compounds in asteroids into food.Astronauts embarking on long-haul journeys…
Trump Promised to Release His Medical Records. He Still Won’t Do It.
If elected again, he would become the oldest president by the end of his term. Yet he is refusing to…
Gilead Agrees to Allow Generic Version of Groundbreaking H.I.V. Shot in Poor Countries
Many middle-income countries are left out of the deal, widening a gulf in access to critical medicines.The drugmaker Gilead Sciences…
Iran Would Need Much More Than Weeks to Build a Nuclear Bomb
Nuclear experts see Tehran as facing up to a year of hard work to master the knotty basics of building…