News
-
LifeSea slug steals genes for greens, makes chlorophyll like a plant
A sea slug, long known as a kidnapper of algal biochemistry, can make its own supply of a key photosynthetic compound.
By Susan Milius -
SpaceSaving the Earth with dynamical simulations
A new model suggests how protoplanets kept a safe distance from the sun.
-
ArchaeologyAncient hominids may have been seafarers
Researchers have discovered hundreds of African-style stone hand axes on Crete, suggesting that sea-going hominids reached the island hundreds of thousands of years ago en route to Europe.
By Bruce Bower -