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Why tornadoes are still hard to forecast – even though storm predictions are improving
Meteorologists began warning about severe weather with the potential for tornadoes...
Reconstructing ancient bacterial genomes can revive previously unknown molecules – offering a potential source for new antibiotics
Microorganisms – in particular bacteria – are skillful chemists that can produce...
Thirsty tomatoes emit ultrasonic sounds – and other plants may be listening
Plants may appear silent, indifferent organisms to us, but recent research has found...
Does our gut microbiota really influence our health and life expectancy?
The intestinal microbiota is the set of bacteria and viruses that live inside your...
Hope is on the horizon for a malaria-free Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa is disproportionally affected by malaria. The region accounts...
From enormous elephants to tiny shrews: how mammals shape and are shaped by Africa’s landscapes
Africa is the world’s most diverse continent for large mammals such as antelopes,...
Perovskite: new type of solar technology paves the way for abundant, cheap and printable cells
Silicon solar cells are an established technology for the generation of electricity...
Every cancer is unique – why different cancers require different treatments, and how evolution drives drug resistance
Cancer is an evolutionary disease. The same forces that turned dinosaurs into birds...
Cultural digitalization makes progress at Sanxingdui Ruins site
The Sanxingdui Ruins site in Guanghan, southwest China's Sichuan province, are dubbed...
How shading crops with solar panels can improve farming, lower food costs and reduce emissions
If you have lived in a home with a trampoline in the backyard, you may have observed...
We built a human-skin printer from Lego and we want every lab to use our blueprint
Sourcing human tissue samples for biological investigations isn’t always easy. While...
Unravelling DNA’s structure: a landmark achievement whose authors were not fairly credited
Seventy years ago, two male scientists, Francis Crick and James Watson, proclaimed...
Animals learn survival tricks from others – even if they live alone
Many animals live in groups. One of the main benefits of this is shared knowledge....
Snailfish: the ‘impossible’ fish that broke two deep sea records shows the importance of ocean exploration
When thinking of animals that live in the most extreme environments on Earth most...
Diseases gave us the rise of Christianity, the end of the Aztecs and public sanitation. How might future plagues change human history?
“Every once in a while a book lands on your desk that changes the way you perceive...
SpaceX launches most powerful rocket in history in explosive debut – like many first liftoffs, Starship’s test was a successful failure
On April 20, 2023, a new SpaceX rocket called Starship exploded over the Gulf of...