Study finds insect-borne bacteria turning harmless reed leafhopper into major agricultural pest
A tiny insect is wreaking havoc on Europe’s sugar beet industry, not by biting plants, but by spreading bacteria that rob crops of their value.
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Oldest RNA recovered from 40,000-year-old woolly mammoth rewrites decay timeline
Before pugs or Great Danes: Doggie diversity in size and shape began at tail end of Ice Age
Scientists create mice with two fathers that produce healthy offspring
Night shift workers can reduce heart disease risk by eating only during the day, study suggests
Study published in Nature Communications suggests meal timing may be a greater risk factor for cardiovascular health than sleep timing for night shift workers.
Paleontologists unearth 230-million-year-old mass grave of giant amphibians in Wyoming
The fossil find includes at least 19 individuals of the species Buettnererpeton bakeri, which were as large as adult alligators.
Previously unknown dinosaur species discovered in Portugal's Lusitanian Basin
‘This specimen reflects that iguanodonts had a much greater diversity than previously thought,’ said Bruno Silva of Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
Mommy, a 100-year-old tortoise, becomes the oldest first-time mother of her species
The hatchlings are the offspring of Mommy and Abrazzo, two Western Santa Cruz tortoises and the zoo's two oldest residents, each estimated to be around 100 years old.
Scientists reveal the Calypso Deep as an ultimate landfill for marine debris
A study in Marine Pollution Bulletin reveals record-high marine litter in deep waters, highlighting the urgent environmental crisis in the Mediterranean.
Shingles vaccine linked to 20 percent lower dementia risk in older adults
Researchers exploit a natural experiment in Wales to isolate the vaccine’s protective effect against dementia.
Researchers discover Earth's first crust, formed 4.5 billion years ago, had chemical features simil
Scientists have long thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see in continents.
NASA's SPHEREx telescope captures 100,000 celestial objects in one infrared image
NASA said the telescope is expected to collect data on more than 450 million galaxies and more than 100 million stars in the Milky Way by surveying the entire sky in 102 infrared wavelengths.
Japanese study shows three cups of green tea a day may prevent dementia
Research from Kanazawa University on 8,766 older adults using MRI scans revealed a 3 percent reduction in brain white matter lesions among regular green tea drinkers.
Venice faces complete submersion by 2150, INGV study warns
in the worst-case scenario, up to 226 square kilometres of the lagoon may be flooded with sea levels surging by 3.47 metres during extreme tide events.
