News

  1. Plants

    Potatoes have their roots in ancient tomatoes

    Knowing potatoes’ origin story could help future-proof the crucial crop against climate threats.

    By Javier Barbuzano
  2. Climate

    A Midwest ‘megaflash’ is the longest lightning on record

    A reanalysis of satellite data shows that a 2017 Texas-to-Missouri lightning megaflash stretched 829 kilometers and lasted 7.39 seconds.

    By Carolyn Gramling
  3. Earth

    Why devastating tsunamis didn’t follow the Russia earthquake

    Geologists unpack why the magnitude 8.8 temblor — the sixth largest ever recorded — fomented waves that reached Japan and Hawaii but caused little damage.

    By Nikk Ogasa
  4. Health & Medicine

    A molecule produced by gut microbes may help spur heart disease

    A leftover from microbes’ meals is linked to early heart disease in people.