Scientists have identified genes that allow plants to pause root growth during environmental stress and restart it when conditions improve.

A rare Hawaiian tree snail returns to the forest after decades of extinction in the wild, marking a key conservation milestone.

Analysis reveals what appears to be a channel of hot, low-density plasma stretching out from our solar system toward distant ...

Why can one person eat peanuts, wheat, or soy without any problem while another person faces a dangerous allergic reaction from the same foods? Scientists have studied allergies for many years, but ...

Students spend nearly a third of the school day on their phones, and frequent checking may make it harder to stay focused in class.

Millions of unknown microbial genes discovered in Antarctica’s ocean reveal a hidden ecosystem that may influence carbon cycling and climate.

Artificial intelligence (AI) models usually learn programming languages by absorbing huge amounts of training data. But what happens when the language is rare and the examples are scarce? A new study ...

Soil bacteria in ancient lama-bordo fields reveal bacteria capable of fertilizing crops and transforming sustainable rural agriculture.

Scientists recorded the first shark in Antarctic waters when a sleeper shark passed a deep-sea camera in near-freezing darkness.

A huge solar storm struck Mars in 2024, supercharging its upper atmosphere and briefly disrupting spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet.

Juvenile great white shark caught in Spain, scientists believe it could reveal a possible hidden nursery in the Mediterranean.

New 3D map of the early universe from HETDEX reveals faint hydrogen light linking galaxies 9 to 11 billion years ago.