Do Trees Really Support Each Other through a Network of Fungi?
The tips of tree roots are intertwined with filaments of fungus, forming a hidden underground…
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Artificial seed casing made from wood buries itself when wet
A seed carrier made from wood screws itself into the ground when exposed to water.…
Scientists develop new index based on functional morphology to understand how ancestors of modern birds used their wings — ScienceDaily
Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan have developed an index to estimate how a bird…
Has Anyone Created a Black Hole on Earth?
In the popular imagination, black holes are voracious monstrosities gulping down anything in their vicinity.…
Dark energy may have been hiding in the cores of black holes all along
Observations of galaxy growth can be explained if the black holes at their centre contain…
Space dust as Earth’s sun shield — ScienceDaily
On a cold winter day, the warmth of the sun is welcome. Yet as humanity…
Five-Eyed, Nozzle-Nosed Oddity Lingered Far beyond the Cambrian Period
More than a century ago paleontologist Charles Doolittle Walcott uncovered a very strange fossil in…
Rise in urban beekeeping may be crowding out native bee species
In Montreal, Canada, the diversity of wild bee species has fallen in areas where honeybee…
Discovery of ancient immune-fighting machinery paves way toward more ‘CRISPR’-like technologies — ScienceDaily
When it comes to fighting off invaders, bacteria operate in a remarkably similar way to…
Long COVID Now Looks like a Neurological Disease, Helping Doctors to Focus Treatments
Tara Ghormley has always been an overachiever. She finished at the top of her class…