Aerial photograph of the Oued Beht ridge and river, highlighted in color. Credit: Toby Wilkinson Archaeological fieldwork in Morocco has discovered the earliest previously unknown farming society from a poorly understood period of northwest African prehistory. This study, published today in Antiquity, reveals for the first time the importance of the Maghreb (northwest Africa) in … Read more
Graphical abstract. Credit: The Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.4c02860 A new study by Rice University researchers led by Jason Hafner could open new pathways for understanding how cholesterol influences cell membranes and their receptors, paving the way for future research on diseases linked to membrane organization. This research was published in the … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Seafood is a major industry in New England. It generates a lot of revenue for coastal communities, but with that productivity can come a lot of waste. Right now, that waste—things like crab and lobster shells—is just dumped into landfills where it decomposes slowly and releases greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. … Read more
An adult white-naped crane affixed with unique color bands to identify the individual in Mongolia. Credit: Wildlife Science and Conservation Center (WSCC) of Mongolia Knowing how animals use their environments to survive and thrive is a key challenge for predicting how global climate change will affect wildlife. A global collaborative study of four species of … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A little-known threat to tourists in the form of stinging jellyfish could affect those who like to take a dip in between lazing in the heat on the sun-drenched beaches of Málaga (Spain). These sea creatures are of increasing concern along Spain’s most tourism-dependent coastline, the Costa del Sol with more … Read more
Top: Black and white image of the Moon from Moon Mineralogy Mapper data. Bottom: Map of water on the Moon. Credit: NASA/ISRO/M3 Team/PSI/R. Clark A new analysis of maps of the near and far sides of the moon shows that there are multiple sources of water and hydroxyl in the sunlit rocks and soils, including … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Many human activities lead to methane being released into the atmosphere. Agriculture, landfills, wastewater, and fossil fuel production and distribution are the biggest contributors. These make up roughly 60% of global methane emissions, and natural sources account for the remaining 40% of emissions. Like carbon dioxide (CO2), methane is a potent … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Peter Neff understands the allure of the world’s fifth-largest continent. The camera roll on his phone is brimming with videos and photos of his trips to Antarctica, where the glaciologist and climate scientist has spent days and weeks at a time collecting ice core samples. His work helps develop a record … Read more
Migraine attacks are no ordinary headache. They can cause intense pain and sickness, lasting hours or even days, making it impossible to do anything but rest in a dark, quiet room. And for millions of women, these debilitating attacks aren’t just an occasional experience but a recurring ordeal. Women suffer from migraines three times as … Read more
Scanning electron microscope image of Vibrio cholerae bacteria, which infect the digestive system. Credit: Ronald Taylor, Tom Kirn, Louisa Howard/Wikipedia Experts have used a cutting-edge computational approach to discover the genetic factors that make the bacteria behind cholera so dangerous—which could be key to preventing this deadly disease. The breakthrough study, published in Nature Communications, … Read more
