Where did the first people come from? The case for a coastal migration from southern Africa

The origins and migrations of modern humans around the world are a hot topic of debate. Genetic analyses have pointed to ...

What wheat fibers do in sourdough bread: Shedding light on an age-old tradition

Bread has been a staple food for thousands of years, and in recent times sourdough bread has been making a comeback. It is ...

Report: Land carbon sinks lag while rising temperatures spread disease and threaten incomes

The planet's natural carbon sinks are reaching critical limits, absorbing fewer emissions than expected as decades of climate ...

Mob membership benefits: Meerkats share beneficial gut bacteria

New research has found that social interactions among meerkats may be crucial to their health and survival—thanks to the ...

Indigenous programs cost billions—but we know surprisingly little about what works

Billions of dollars are spent annually on Indigenous programs and services. Yet we know little about which programs are ...

Ocean iron fertilization or artificial ocean alkalinization? Study reveals divergent effects on climate

Global warming poses a significant threat to human society. Rapid and substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions are necessary measures to mitigate global warming. However, substantially ...

We're putting lots of transition metals into the stratosphere. That's not good.

We successfully plugged the hole in the ozone layer that was discovered in the 1980s by banning ozone-depleting substances ...

Finnish undergrads outperform their US counterparts in critical thinking skills upon entry to higher education

Finnish undergraduate students enter education with stronger critical thinking and argumentation skills than their U.S.

Mapping priority areas to reduce macaw deaths from electric shock in Brazil

The Lear's macaw (Anodorhynchus leari), a species endemic to the north of the state of Bahia, Brazil, nearly went extinct in ...

How combined stressors affect tomato plant photosynthesis and trigger complex responses

Every year, abiotic stress factors such as drought, heat, salinity or high light intensity—combined with unfavorable soil ...

Strong magnetic field helps answer a question about the 'new duality' in materials physics

As someone who studies materials, Lu Li knows people want to hear about the exciting new applications and technologies his ...

New Carlephyton species discovered in northern Madagascar

A research team from the Wuhan Botanical Garden (WBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has discovered and formally ...