Snake venom toxins can be neutralized by a new synthetic antibody
The antivenom for a black mamba’s bite could one day work for a slew of other snakes. Scientists have developed…
On hot summer days, this thistle is somehow cool to the touch
In the mountains of southern Spain, one type of thistle plant seems to have built-in air conditioning. The flowers of…
Ancient trees’ gnarled, twisted shapes provide irreplaceable habitats
Earth’s oldest, knotted and scarred pine trees are a boon for forest life. These old mountain pines (Pinus uncinata) offer…
50 years ago, computers helped speed up drug discovery
Cancer drugs by computer — Science News, February 23, 1974 Chemists often need to sort a large number of compounds…
The first U.S. lunar lander since 1972 touches down on the moon
After a nail-biting descent, the United States took one small step back to the surface of the moon. A spindly…
JWST spies hints of a neutron star left behind by supernova 1987A
Within the dusty cloud left behind by supernova 1987A, the most famous stellar explosion in modern history, astronomers have found…
The United States was on course to eliminate syphilis. Now it’s surging
Once on the path to eliminating syphilis, the United States has reversed course, with cases of the infectious disease surging.…
Physicist Sekazi Mtingwa considers himself an apostle of science
Ask physicist Sekazi Mtingwa how he ended up where he is today, and he’ll start with his grandmother’s deeply religious…
Messed-up metabolism during development may lead guts to coil the wrong way
Inside the African clawed frog, intestines grow just like humans’: neatly coiled counterclockwise. Experiments now show how that process can…
A new book explores the transformative power of bird-watching
Birding to Change the WorldTrish O’KaneEcco, $29.99 A “spark bird” is the species that inspires someone to start bird-watching. For…
