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A brief history of time – as told by a watchmaker
Mikhail Leonov/Shutterstock Jaq Prendergast, Birmingham City University I once restored a 1950s timepiece for a customer who waxed…
How scientists are helping plants get the most out of photosynthesis
italianestro/Shutterstock Jonathan Menary, University of Oxford; Sebastian Fuller, University of Oxford, and Stefan Schillberg, Fraunhofer IME Photosynthesis is…
Coast redwood trees are enduring, adaptable marvels in a warming world
Looking up toward redwoods’ crowns in Redwood Regional Park, Oakland, Calif. Gado/Getty Images Daniel Lewis, California Institute of…
We used AI and satellite imagery to map ocean activities that take place out of sight, including fishing, shipping and energy development
Many commercial fishing boats do not report their positions at sea or are not required to do so.…
The study of dreams: Scientists uncover new communication channels with dreamers
In 1981, Keith Hearne and Stephen Laberge asked dreamers to send “telegrams” to the outside world. More than…
The strange story of the grave of Copernicus
Astronomer Copernicus, or Conversations with God (1873) Jan Matejko / Wikimedia Commons Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, Australian Catholic…
Drugs of the future will be easier and faster to make, thanks to mRNA – after researchers work out a few remaining kinks
Two hurdles mRNA drugs face are a short half-life and impurities that trigger immune responses. BlackJack3D/iStock via Getty…
How we almost ended up with a bull’s-eye bar code
Peering into the past. C.J. Burton/The Image Bank/Getty Images Jordan Frith, Clemson University Few objects in the world…
I set out to investigate where silky sharks travel − and by chance documented a shark’s amazing power to regenerate its sabotaged fin
Rather than a tracking tag telling scientists where this shark traveled, its violent removal let them observe an…
Plant roots mysteriously pulsate and we don’t know why – but finding out could change the way we grow things
Nikita M production/Shutterstock Etienne Farcot, University of Nottingham You probably don’t think about plant roots all that much…