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On some Australian islands, sea level rise may be helping mangroves thrive

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​science news​​​ By Darren Incorvaia Some mangrove forests off Australia have flourished in the last several decades, a new study reports. And, counterintuitively, rising sea levels may be →

Salty sweat helps one desert plant stay hydrated

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​science news​​​ By Ariana Remmel Sweat keeps some animals cool in scorching heat. Salty secretions also serve one desert shrub a refreshing sip of water. The Athel tamarisk uses a special selection →

At the foot of a melting glacier in Peru, llamas helped revitalize the land

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​science news​​​ By Saima S. Iqbal When glaciers melt, they leave behind barren landscapes that can take decades to support plants and animals. But a new study found that within just three years, →

Physicists get a first glimpse of the elusive isotope nitrogen-9

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​science news​​​ By Elise Cutts Researchers may have just spotted the elusive, ephemeral nucleus of nitrogen-9 for the first time. With seven protons and two neutrons, the lopsided atomic nucleus of →

Pumping cold water into rivers could act as ‘air conditioning’ for fish

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​science news​​​ By Nikk Ogasa PITTSBURGH — Salmon may now have their own version of human air conditioning. This past summer, hundreds of fish in the Wrights River in Nova Scotia, Canada, found →

Berkley Walker wants to revamp photosynthesis for a changing climate

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​science news​​​ By Aaron Brooks Berkley Walker didn’t plan on becoming a scientist; he wanted to be an entrepreneur. And he got started early on that goal: In high school in Portland, Ore., he →

These 8 GMOs tell a brief history of genetic modification

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science news By Darren Incorvaia Half a century ago, the first genetically modified organism ushered in a new era of biological innovation. To mark this anniversary, here are eight milestone GMOs. →

10 billion snow crabs have disappeared off the Alaskan coast. Here’s why

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​science news​​​ By Jude Coleman From 2018 to 2021, an estimated 10 billion snow crabs disappeared from the eastern Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska, with the population plummeting to record lows →

Giant planet ‘destabilization’ may have coincided with the birth of Earth’s moon

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​science news​​​ By Bas den Hond A long-ago reshuffling of the giant planets in our solar system may have been instrumental in giving Earth its moon. For decades, planetary scientists have →

How sea anemones living on deep-sea hydrothermal vents avoid metal poisoning

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​science news​​​ By Darren Incorvaia Life near deep-sea hydrothermal vents can be pretty metal — literally. In addition to crushing pressures, total darkness and scorching temperatures, poisonous →

Here’s how citizen scientists can help during the 2024 solar eclipse

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​science news​​​ By James R. Riordon Last Saturday’s “ring of fire” eclipse, which blocked out 98 percent of the sun’s surface, was a rare and spectacular sight for those who got to view it. But the →

The inside of a rat’s eye won the 2023 Nikon Small World photo contest

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science news By Erin Garcia de Jesús An eye full of cellular stars is a stunning example of the beauty that exists in nature’s smallest sizes. A glimpse of the back of a rat’s eye, and the immune →

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