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Life after death: From burned trees to bleached corals, how dead organisms live on as the building blocks of new life
People's knee-jerk reaction to seeing death in nature is often not positive. The burn scar left by wildfire on a once-forested hillside, or a ghostly white coral reef, may evoke tragedy and despair. But in nature, most …
NASA, USGS Scientists Go Rock Hounding in California’s High Desert
Equipped with rock picks and hand lenses, a team of geoscientists deployed to the Mojave Desert recently to investigate a tantalizing “fingerprint” detected by a NASA sensor. Their target: a cache of topaz hiding in pla…
Farmers are key to restoring native woodlands—here's what's holding them back
Ireland's native woodland scheme, which was introduced by the government in 2001, is successfully bringing back biodiversity. But the country still struggles to meet its tree-planting targets. The reason? Policy doesn't…
The study, published in European Financial Management, focused on "inside debt," which includes pensions and deferred compensation awarded to chief executives.…
The paleoneurologist saved by her science Johanna Gabriela Ottilie “Tilly” Edinger dedicated her career to studying ancient brains. It saved her life By Kati…
When Hurricane Dorian slammed into the Bahamas on Sept. 1, 2019, its Category 5 winds devastated two islands over three days, destroyed infrastructure, left th…
As toxic algal blooms intensify around the world, a renowned Bowling Green State University researcher continues to lead the global conversation on how to prev…
Investor caution soon after experiencing a natural disaster increases the cost of capital for businesses hoping to grow, new academic research suggests.
NASA will host an audio-only media teleconference at 11 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, June 17, to preview the Katalyst Space mission to boost the orbit of NASA’s Neil G…
Scientists have developed an artificial photosynthesis system that essentially regulates itself, eliminating the need for batteries used in many current design…
NC State University entomologist Maxwell Scott is among a handful of people worldwide with the most thorough understanding of the genetics and life cycle of th…
A potentially dangerous tapeworm linked to severe, cancer-like disease has now been found in the Pacific Northwest, marking its first detection in wild animals…
China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft just arrived at a mysterious ‘quasi-moon’ of Earth The Tianwen-2 spacecraft is slowly closing in on the near-Earth asteroid Kamo‘…
El Niño is here and could tip Earth to a new record hot year Scientists have been expecting El Niño to set in for quite a while now—and it’s finally official …
