A proposal to simulate all of Earth’s ecosystems is exposing a rift between small and big ecology.
A proposal to simulate all of Earth’s ecosystems is exposing a rift between small and big ecology.
The heat emanating from large metropolitan areas may be changing weather patterns thousands of miles away.
Resource-limited countries are in desperate need of better diagnostic tests for life-threatening illnesses.
Stomachs of flesh-eating flies carry the DNA of animals in remote rainforests.
Affordable diagnostic tests tackle the world’s most pressing health problems.
Doctors turn to good microbes to fight disease. Will the same strategy work with crops?
Using laboratory information management systems (LIMS) to automate and streamline laboratory tasks: three case studies
The science images and videos that captured our attention in 2012
Fungi in 100 million year-old seafloor sediments could possess novel antibiotics.
Two species of songbirds pack their nests with scavenged cigarette butts that repel irksome parasites.