News

  1. Animals

    AI-powered whale-spotting tech may help save San Francisco Bay’s gray whales

    An AI trained to use thermal images to detect whale body heat could help warn ships at risk of colliding with the marine mammals.

    By Carolyn Gramling
  2. Health & Medicine

    Damaged DNA can spread between human cells. What could that mean for cancer?

    DNA can voyage along intercellular highways called tunneling nanotubes. It’s a phenomenon that could potentially spread tumor DNA to healthy cells.

    By Meghan Rosen
  3. Climate

    Antarctic plants may face a growing fungal threat from warming soils

    Soil DNA from Chile to the Antarctic Peninsula ties warmer climates to more plant fungal pathogens, with abundance projected to double by 2100.