Multicoloured patchwork ponds in this desert play a key part in tapping sources of potassium chloride, a vital fertiliser
Challenges in cultivating microorganisms have limited the phylogenetic diversity of currently available microbial genomes. This is being addressed by advances in sequencing throughput and computational techniques that allow for the cultivation-independent recovery of genomes from metagenomes.
Attended the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution conference where I not only had the opportunity to witness a large colony of bats leave their roosting site to go about their nightly feeding, but also learned a lot about the research being done to investigate their fascinating and unexpected longevity.
Bees sting other animals, including humans, when they think there might be a threat to their hive. But Evie, age 8, wonders if bees ever accidentally sting other bees.
How exactly do the stars twinkle in the night sky?As it turns out, the answer is full of hot air... and cold air.
Alongside the present horrors being inflicted against the Rohingya in Myanmar, we must consider the broader political and economic context that continues to marginalize minority groups.
By Greg Holland, National Center for Atmospheric ResearchThis NASA satellite image shows the three simultaneous hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean. Was climate change the factor in response to a world that is approaching 1℃ warming? How climate change impacts hurricanes?
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