Exposing plants to an unusual chemical early on may bolster their growth and help feed the world
The plant on the left was not primed with ethylene, while the plant on the...
The inside of a rat’s eye won the 2023 Nikon Small World photo contest
An eye full of cellular stars is a stunning example of the beauty that exists...
Albania winemakers struggle with warmer world
Winemaker Zef Ndoji poses with grapes of the native "Shesh i Zi" or Black Shesh...
Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to three scientists who glimpsed the inner world of atoms with tiny light pulses
The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three scientists who created pulses...
A fantastical world of potential giant viruses lurks beneath the soil
Giant viruses may try out all sorts of funky lewks. New images reveal the varied...
1.6-billion-year-old steroid fossils hint at a lost world of microbial life
Molecular fossils found in ancient sedimentary rocks have unveiled a lost world of primitive eukaryotes...
50 years ago, a balloon circumnavigated the world for science
Twice round the world by Boomerang balloon — Science News, April 7, 1973 Scientists recovered...
How the ‘marsupial sabertooth’ thylacosmilus saw its world
A reconstruction of Thylacosmilus atrox. Credit: © Jorge Blanco A new study investigates how an...
Even at the Bottom of the World, the Ocean Is Belching Plastic
With its small population and remote location, New Zealand might hope to be sheltered from...
How many people are in the world?
There are approximately 7.8 billion people in the world as of July 2020, according to...