All Stories by Solmaz Barazesh
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Nanomaker’s Toolkit
Scientists harness charge, magnetism and even DNA to guide matter’s assembly into new materials.
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Characteristics that help coral bounce back
New report outlines features that make a reef able to deal with environmental stress.
- Chemistry
How RNA got started
Scientists identify chemical reactions that could be responsible for the origin of life.
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- Animals
Basking sharks head south for winter
Satellite-tagging data suggest that basking sharks migrate south to the Caribbean in winter.
- Life
Expansive genetic diversity in Africa revealed
Largest genetic study of African populations yields clues about the origin of modern humans and the ancestry of African-Americans
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The Genetic Dimension of Height and Health
It may be no tall tale: A few inches taller or shorter could signal a risk for some diseases.
- Earth
Fossil of a walking seal found
A fossil skeleton discovered in the Canadian Arctic could represent a missing link in pinniped evolution.
- Earth
An earlier appearance for the first land plants
Fossilized pollen could show that modern land plants evolved earlier than thought.
- Humans
An ancient remedy: Bitter herbs and sweet wine
New chemical analyses of wine jars suggest that ancient Egyptians mixed medicinal plants into wine.
- Earth
Nickel down, oxygen up
Researchers point to the early ocean's concentration of nickel as the possible start for events that allowed Earth's atmosphere to accumulate oxygen.
