The first citrus fruits may have come from southern China
Citrus fruits’ hometown is in China, a genetic analysis suggests. An extensive look at wild members of the orange family tree hints that the [more…]
Citrus fruits’ hometown is in China, a genetic analysis suggests. An extensive look at wild members of the orange family tree hints that the [more…]
Excerpt from the September 29, 1973 issue of Science News Nearly 200 powerful lasers at the National Ignition Facility in Livermore, Calif., blast a fuel [more…]
Any encounter between police and civilians has the potential to go awry (SN: 11/17/21). Stop and frisk, where police pat down pedestrians suspected of carrying [more…]
For decades, scientists have vigorously debated whether an asteroid strike or massive volcanic eruptions ended the reign of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. Roughly [more…]
It’s looking less and less likely that the Hubble tension is a result of observational errors. Numerous astronomical observations have shown that the Universe is [more…]
Some of a green frog’s heat tolerance might come from its microbiome. Put a wood frog tadpole and a green frog tadpole in water and [more…]
Candida auris, a fungus that causes sometimes deadly infections, can stick to almost any surface. In hospitals, “it’s very tenacious, very difficult to get rid [more…]
Seven years is a long time to wait for your carrier service to deliver a package. That’s how long it’s been since NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft [more…]
The greatest puzzle in cosmology just got even more puzzling. Images from the James Webb Space Telescope have confirmed that the universe appears to be [more…]
A mysterious, prehistoric marine creature has spilled its guts. For the first time, scientists have unearthed a fossilized trilobite whose final meals were preserved within [more…]