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Month: August 2025

Here’s how the first proteins might have assembled, sparking life

RNA could have helped amino acids join up without preexisting protein machinery, lab study suggests

RNA could have helped amino acids join up without preexisting protein machinery, lab study suggests

Author Robert F. ServicePosted on August 27, 2025

New look at 1755 quake, Europe’s largest ever, may foretell Atlantic ‘ring of fire’

Analysis suggests Earth’s mantle is peeling from the crust in the eastern Atlantic, a possible sign of the ocean’s eventual closure

Analysis suggests Earth’s mantle is peeling from the crust in the eastern Atlantic, a possible sign of the ocean’s eventual closure

Author Evan HowellPosted on August 27, 2025

College sports prevents athletes’ deaths with sickle cell testing—but it could do more, study finds

New report recommends improved education and genetic counseling alongside NCAA’s mandated screening

New report recommends improved education and genetic counseling alongside NCAA’s mandated screening

Author Rodrigo Pérez OrtegaPosted on August 27, 2025

AI tool labels more than 1000 journals for ‘questionable,’ possibly shady practices

New algorithm could help scientists avoid publishing in shady titles

New algorithm could help scientists avoid publishing in shady titles

Author Jeffrey BrainardPosted on August 27, 2025

Remembering Rainer Weiss, inventor of the gravitational wave detector

Beloved physicist sketched out the concept that would lead to one of the biggest discoveries in physics and astronomy

Beloved physicist sketched out the concept that would lead to one of the biggest discoveries in physics and astronomy

Author Adrian ChoPosted on August 27, 2025

Pushed out by Trump, New Jersey ecologist launches bid for Congress

Megan O’Rourke hopes to be a voice for science, also touts her blue-collar roots

Megan O’Rourke hopes to be a voice for science, also touts her blue-collar roots

Author Dan CharlesPosted on August 26, 2025

Deep-sea worms fight poison with poison to survive in hydrothermal vents

Combining arsenic and sulfide in skin cells forms a less toxic mineral—and turns the animals bright yellow

Combining arsenic and sulfide in skin cells forms a less toxic mineral—and turns the animals bright yellow

Author Phie JacobsPosted on August 26, 2025

Bats may mistake wind turbines for open sky, causing deadly collisions

Study may help explain why giant blades kill millions of the animals every year

Study may help explain why giant blades kill millions of the animals every year

Author Sachin RawatPosted on August 26, 2025

In a first, pig lung survives and functions—briefly—in a person

Organ transplanted to brain-dead man lasts for more than a week before succumbing to an immune assault

Organ transplanted to brain-dead man lasts for more than a week before succumbing to an immune assault

Author Jon CohenPosted on August 25, 2025

Trump administration pushes ahead with NOAA climate and weather cuts

Despite congressional resistance, agency aims to cut research spending now

Despite congressional resistance, agency aims to cut research spending now

Author Paul VoosenPosted on August 25, 2025

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