There are many pollinators, including insects, birds, mammals, and more. However, honeybees may be the most important to our food supplies. To a limited extent wind pollination (inefficient in most ...

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Photosynthesis is how plants convert light into food, and this team of scientists test how gene changes can multiply the process.

Cattle are the most common type of large, animals with hooves, also known as ungulates. They are usually raised in captivity for their meat, milk, hides, and other resources. Cattle were first ...

Moth migration may be guided by an internal compass to find the way, according to a new study that tracked flight paths of individual moths. Just like we may take an annual vacation, every year ...

Researchers track the origins of water across the world, and how it varies over time and place, by analyzing its hydrogen and oxygen isotopes. Did you ever wonder where your water is coming from? For ...

Microrobots inspired by flying insects don’t always stick the landing—until now. Inspired by real bees, RoboBee is a microrobot designed by researchers at Harvard’s John A. Paulson School of ...

Digital agriculture uses emerging technologies—including sensors, drones, and artificial intelligence—to collect crop data that can be used to enhance agricultural outcomes. Still relatively unknown ...

Steven Spence, Part Two of Baking an Apple Pie from Scratch (figuratively). Let’s consider the early universe and the elements forged in the hearts of stars. Gravity may seem to be well understood. In ...

Science attempts to describe nature at all scales, including globally. But scientists and the institutional structures and gatekeepers, such as governments, universities, and science journal editors, ...

Mini-organs grown in labs are no longer science fiction. As organoids mimic the brain, liver, and even eyes, they’re reshaping how we approach medicine and forcing us into new ethical dilemmas.

Why are humans special? Spoken language, among many other characteristics, distinguishes us from all other species. For a long time, scientists have been curious about the genetic foundations of ...