Enzymes aid rice plants’ arsenic defenses
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Certain birth defects are on the rise since Zika arrived in the U.S.
Certain birth defects were 20 times more prevalent in b […]
In new Cassini portraits, Saturn’s moon Pan looks like pasta
Saturn serves up the closest thing to space pasta, the […]
‘Specimens’ goes behind the scenes of Chicago’s Field Museum
Most visitors to a large natural history museum don’t k […]
Gene knockouts in people provide drug safety, effectiveness clues
Some Pakistani people are real knockouts, a new DNA stu […]
We went to the March for Science in D.C. Here’s what happened
The March for Science, Washington, D.C. — On April 22, […]
Ancient DNA bucks tale of how the horse was tamed
DNA from 2,000-year-old stallions is helping rewrite th […]
Deep heat may have spawned one of the world’s deadliest tsunamis
Chemical transformations in minerals deep beneath the s […]
For babies exposed to opioids in the womb, parents may be the best medicine
The first thing you’ll notice is the noise. Monitors be […]
Ancient DNA shakes up the elephant family tree
Fossil DNA may be rewriting the history of elephant evo […]