David Orwig tries not to think of changes in the natural world as “better” or “worse.” He just sticks with “different.” And after decades of warming winters, Harvard Forest today is decidedly different.
“Every day, walking…
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Human ancestors made the oldest known bone tools 1.5 million years ago
Ancient human relatives crafted sharp-edged tools out of animal bones around 1.5 million years ago, researchers say.
Discoveries at Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge, a famous East African fossil location, represent the oldest known…
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New Immune Mechanism Revealed in the Cellular Trash – Life Sciences | Weizmann Wonder Wander
Much like humans generate mountains of garbage, our cells are constantly discarding proteins that are damaged or no longer needed. The cellular waste disposal system called the proteasome is best known for its central role in protein degradation…
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Five-membered bismuth ring opens up ‘a new era for aromatic compounds’ | Research
A five-membered aromatic bismuth ring, prepared by researchers in Germany, addresses a long-standing challenge in synthetic chemistry. The isolation of a complex containing the motif means that analogues of the classic cyclopentadiene anion have…
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How Tiny Star Explosions Drive Moore’s Law
We are all made of star stuff, as astronomer Carl Sagan was fond of reminding us. Supernova explosions, the catastrophic self-destruction of certain types of worn-out stars, are intimately tied to life on Earth because they are the birthplaces…
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The Milky Way’s black hole is constantly bubbling
The black hole at the Milky Way’s heart neither slumbers nor sleeps. Instead, the ring of plasma surrounding it flickers constantly, punctuated by superbright flares, observations show.
Astronomers used the James Webb Space…
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Scientists Reveal a Game-Changer in the Evolution of Life on Earth
A new source of nitrogen has been discovered. Researchers from RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau in southwestern Germany are unraveling the mysteries of a bygone era. As part of ongoing studies, they are investigating how life could have…
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A Surprising Link Between Epstein-Barr Virus & Crohn’s is Revealed
Crohn’s disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and the causes are unclear but studies have linked it to autoimmunity, genetic risk factors, stress, and certain environmental conditions….
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Supreme Court sides with San Francisco, requiring EPA to set specific targets in water pollution permits
The U.S. Supreme Court has limited how flexible the Environmental Protection Agency and states can be in regulating water pollution under the Clean Water Act in a ruling issued March 4, 2025. However, the justices kept the decision…
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COVID-19 is the latest epidemic to show biomedical breakthroughs aren’t enough to eliminate a disease
The COVID-19 pandemic transformed over the past five years from a catastrophic threat that has killed over 7 million people to what most people regard today as a tolerable annoyance that doesn’t require precaution. Nonetheless, COVID-19…
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