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Octopuses and squid are masters of RNA editing while leaving DNA intact

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science news By Tina Hesman Saey Many writers grouse when an editor makes a change in a story, but the consequences of changing a single word usually aren’t that dire. Not so with genetic →

Tear-resistant rubbery materials could pave the way for tougher tires

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science news By Skyler Ware A new material design could reduce pollution where the rubber meets the road. Strategically adding weak points along microscopic chains called polymers actually makes them →

Electrons are extremely round, a new measurement confirms

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science news By Emily Conover Electrons are really, really round. A new measurement confirms the subatomic particle’s spherical shape to a record level of exactness, physicists report in the July 7 →

Antarctic sea ice has been hitting record lows for most of this year

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science news By Carolyn Gramling Something strange is happening to the Antarctic’s sea ice. The areal expanse of floating ice fringing the continent is not only at a record low for this time of year →

The Yamnaya may have been the world’s earliest known horseback riders

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​science news​​​ By McKenzie Prillaman WASHINGTON — The tale of the first horseback riders may be written on the bones of the ancient Yamnaya people. Five excavated skeletons dated to about 3000 to →

Boys experience depression differently than girls. Here’s why that matters

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science news By Sujata Gupta Teenagers in the United States are in crisis. That news got hammered home earlier this year following the release of a nationally representative survey showing that over →

Four things to know about malaria cases in the United States

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science news By Erin Garcia de Jesús On June 26, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health advisory, announcing that over the last two months four people in Sarasota County, →

A newfound gravitational wave ‘hum’ may be from the universe’s biggest black holes

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​science news​​​ By Emily Conover Beneath the explosions, collisions and other intermittent bangs in the cosmos, scientists suspect a nonstop soundtrack plays, created by ripples in spacetime →

Flowers pollinated by honeybees make lower-quality seeds

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​science news​​​ By Jude Coleman Flowers pollinated by honeybees make fewer and lower-quality seeds than flowers visited by other pollinators. That could be because honeybees spend more time buzzing →

Bottlenose dolphin moms use baby talk with their calves

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​science news​​​ By McKenzie Prillaman When speaking to young kids, humans often use squeaky, high-pitched baby talk. It turns out that some dolphins do, too. Bottlenose dolphin moms modify their →

1.6-billion-year-old steroid fossils hint at a lost world of microbial life

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​science news​​​ By Soumya Sagar Molecular fossils found in ancient sedimentary rocks have unveiled a lost world of primitive eukaryotes that dominated aquatic ecosystems from at least 1.6 billion to →

Paleontology has a ‘parachute science’ problem. Here’s how it plays out in 3 nations

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science news By Helen Thompson In the Cretaceous Period, roughly 100 million years ago, the dinosaur Ubirajara jubatus probably turned heads with its feathers, shoulder rods and flashy displays. In →

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