1+ hour, 39+ min ago  (1164+ words) Two Science News reporters nerd out about the science behind the new movie In the sci-fi film Project Hail Mary, Ryan Gosling stars as a middle school teacher on a mission to save the sun (and Earth) from star-killing microbes....

3+ hour, 9+ min ago  (722+ words) From funky smells to crafty colors, orchids have some weird ways of attracting pollinators Mandana Tadayon: Orchids are among the largest plant families on Earth " often trading the top spot with daisies as new species get discovered. George Guenther, Advanced…...

4+ hour, 39+ min ago  (459+ words) Chemicals released from the rectum control the insects" appetite When an Aedes aegypti mosquito feeds on blood, its rectum cells signal when to stop biting. Mosquitoes have an appetite dampener in their derri'res. When mosquitoes" bellies are full, special cells…...

6+ hour, 9+ min ago  (311+ words) Research hasn't yet caught up to the hype GLP-1 medications hold lots of promise for diverse areas of health, but any broad benefits of microdosing are still unknown. Medications such as Ozempic and Wegovy mimic the body's GLP-1 hormone, which…...

7+ hour, 39+ min ago  (129+ words) But the couple doesn't want hand-planted gridflowers. They want flowers that grew naturally from the spread of the previous year's flowers. Therefore, you must plant your four gardens by hand this summer, so that next summer, each one contains a…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (554+ words) Chile's Monte Verde site may be thousands of years younger than previously thought, data suggest Researcher Claudio Latorre, a professor of paleoecology at the Pontificia Universidad Cat'lica de Chile, examines ancient wood near the Monte Verde archaeological site in southern…...

1+ day, 15+ min ago  (674+ words) Magnetic crystals provide the earliest evidence yet of the planet's plate tectonics The rocks of North Pole Dome in Australia formed from lava that erupted on the seafloor 3.5 billion years ago. These rocks hold the earliest known evidence on Earth…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (1072+ words) Climate change is affecting microbes, and that has implications for all life on Earth At the Prospect Hill field site in Harvard Forest, an experiment that imitates the effects of climate change on soil has been running for 35 years. Courtesy…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (395+ words) A layer of carbon compounds determines the charging of identical materials Static electricity, a charge buildup caused by rubbing or touching, is a poorly understood phenomenon, despite its prevalence. DENVER "Static electricity is a touchy subject. When two identical particles…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (554+ words) Earth has frozen over before, climate history shows (looking at you, Cryogenian Period) Earth shook off its last ice age around 11,500 years ago, long before skyscrapers, cars and Brooklyn Bridges existed. These stories are all set in Earth's near future,…...