In dense tropical forests in Sierra Leone, scientists have rediscovered a coffee species not seen in the wild in decades — a plant they say may help secure the future of this valuable commodity that has been imperilled by climate change. … Read more
A group of 18 scientists stated Thursday in a letter published in the journal Science that there is not enough evidence to decide whether a natural origin or an accidental laboratory leak caused the Covid-19 pandemic. They argued, as the … Read more
Roughly 500 million years ago, something that would forever change the course of eukaryotic development was brewing in the genome of some lucky organism: a gene called Pax6. The gene is thought to have orchestrated the formation of a primitive … Read more
1. Schaal, B. Plants and people: our shared history and future. Plants People Planet 1, 14–19 (2019). Article Google Scholar 2. Bates, D. M. People, plants and genes: the story of crops and humanity. Q. Rev. Biol. 84, 206–207 (2009). … Read more
Exploration of the Universe by the SDSS mission during the past two decades (1998-2019). Credit: eBOSS collaboration The extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (eBOSS) collaboration has released its latest scientific results. These results include two studies on dark energy led … Read more
Duration 7 years (02006-02012) Smith’s Argument Breast cancer research has been making rapid progress. More and more victims of the disease have become survivors, and even in terminal cases, people are living longer. A ne drug called Arimidex has been … Read more
Credit: Copyright Emily Grace Five years ago, scientists created a single-celled synthetic organism that, with only 473 genes, was the simplest living cell ever known. However, this bacteria-like organism behaved strangely when growing and dividing, producing cells with wildly different … Read more