Most plants allow fungal microorganisms to enter their root cells and provide them with carbohydrates in exchange for a better supply of nutrients and water. Only leguminous plants like peas, beans, and clover enter into an additional, mutually…
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Key protein SYFO2 enables 'self-fertilization' of leguminous plants
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Circadian rhythm drives metabolic dysfunction in fat cells, study finds
Northwestern Medicine scientists led by Joseph Bass, MD, Ph.D., the Charles F. Kettering Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism and director of the Center for Diabetes and Metabolism, have discovered how disruptions in the circadian rhythm…
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A 10-Year-Old Girl Went for a Walk on the Beach—and Stumbled Upon 5 Dinosaur Footprints
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A 10-year-old girl out on a shoreline stroll on a Wales beach literally stumbled upon five…
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Long-lost page of Archimedes’ writings rediscovered in France
March 9, 2026
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Long-lost page of Archimedes’ writings rediscovered in France
The discovery adds to the Archimedes Palimpsest, an important medieval manuscript containing texts from the Greek mathematician…
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‘Lightning-in-a-Box’ Concept Could Shrink a Thunderstorm to the Size of Your Thumb
Thunderstorms belong to a non-exhaustive list of surprisingly mundane things that we know surprisingly little about. Last year, a team of engineers identified how lightning forms on cloud tops. The same team is now back with…
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The DART mission changed how two asteroids orbit the sun
In 2022, a NASA spacecraft intentionally barreled into the tiny asteroid Dimorphos during a planetary defense test. The objective was to assess whether humanity could protect Earth from cosmic threats, such as…
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Epstein used his ties to Nobel laureate scientists to try to rebuild his image : NPR
Jeffrey Epstein funded science research and created a conference in 2006 that was organized by theoretical physicist…
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Are You Smart Enough to Avoid Falling for “Corporate Bullsh*t”?
In 2014, an executive vice president of Microsoft Devices Group laid off 12,500 employees in an email so riddled with buzzwords and corporate vagaries it made headlines as “the worst email ever.” “Our device strategy must reflect…
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Toxic Sludge Raining Down on Iran After Bombing of Oil Facilities
The conditions in Tehran are becoming downright biblical. On top of devastating air strikes, blistering dust storms, and a hellish six-year drought, the country is now being splattered by toxic sludge raining from the skies.
Over the weekend,…
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Ultrafast light pulses make molecules rotate on quantum materials
Researchers from Germany, Japan and India, led by scientists from DESY and the Universities of Kiel and Hamburg, have found a way to collectively make molecules on a flat surface rotate by exposing them to light using ultrafast light pulses from…
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