Scientists explain why everyone needs to value the soils beneath our feet — and why we should not view them as dirt.
Teeming with life, soils have more going on than most of us realize.
For years, researchers thought gooey, dying starfish were infected. Instead, these sea stars are suffocating. And bacteria may be behind it all.
An organelle is a part of a cell with a particular function. Like organs. But for cells.
When it’s time for cells to die, they need to do it carefully, so they don’t harm other cells.
Nucleus comes from the Latin term “nuc,” meaning nut or kernel. In science there are lots of nuclei. Every one of them is the center of something.
Researchers are beginning to uncover the real-world impacts of polluting microplastic bits on animals and the ecosystems they inhabit.
It took 50 years from discovery of hepatitis C to its cure. For their pivotal work in this area, three men will take home a 2020 Nobel Prize.
Tiny clumps of bacteria can survive at least three years in outer space. This raises the prospect of interplanetary travel by microbial life.