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For grape breeding and crop improvement, the study highlights a possible molecular target for sweetness.
A grape study links ABA to sweetness through two transcription factors and a key sucrose metabolism gene.
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New research suggests T. rex moved on tiptoes, using a bird-like gait that may have boosted speed and stability.
DiscoveriesTyrannosaurus rex walked like a bird on its tiptoesHannah Shavit-Weiner
Study finds vivid dreams reflect personal traits, sleep quality, and shared events like the COVID-19 pandemic.
HealthThe dreaming mind doesn’t replay life, it rebuilds itMac Oliveau
In this underground image, seismic waves from southern hemisphere earthquakes pass through the ULVZ along Earth’s core–mantle boundary before being captured by sensors in Antarctica.
DiscoveriesAntarctic seismic data points to an ancient structure circling Earth’s coreJoseph Shavit
Ice shelves in Bellinghausen Sea, Antarctica, taken onboard the R/V Falkor (too) in 2025.
Green ImpactAntarctica’s ice shelves face a growing threat from warm waters belowRebecca Shavit
New research finds East Africa’s Turkana Rift is in a critical breakup phase that also may explain its rich fossil record. Christian Rowan at Lothagam fossil site in West Turkana.
Green ImpactEast Africa’s Turkana Rift may be closer to splitting than scientists thoughtRebecca Shavit
Astronomers now know of more than 350 molecules in the spaces between and around stars.
SpacePromising biosignatures on alien worlds could take years to confirmJoshua Shavit
Greek physicists propose that microscopic wormholes could generate an effective dark energy term through topology changes.
SpaceMicroscopic wormholes may be warping reality all around usJoseph Shavit
One of the Twelve Apostle sea stacks.
Green ImpactNew research reveals how the twelve apostles formed and their true ageRebecca Shavit
Study finds ancient regulatory DNA tied to human language, with effects that predate the split from Neanderthals.
DiscoveriesHumans and Neanderthals share ancient DNA linked to human languageJoshua Shavit
Teleportation may be possible in physics, but it raises a disturbing question about identity, death and perfect copies.
DiscoveriesHuman teleportation is possible, but would you surviveJoseph Shavit
Eccentric exercise may build strength and health without exhausting workouts or major muscle soreness, a new review argues.
HealthYou don’t need exhausting workouts to build strength and health, study findsRebecca Shavit
Mars has almost no breathable oxygen. Here’s why that matters, and how NASA’s MOXIE could help future astronauts survive.
SpaceMars has air, but almost none of it can keep you aliveJoseph Shavit
Two Nature studies link healthier adult thymus tissue to longer life and better cancer immunotherapy outcomes.
HealthPreviously irrelevant organ could be key to longer life and better cancer outcomesMac Oliveau
In 2019, LIGO and Virgo detected GW190521—a mysterious gravitational wave that could mark either the colossal merger of two black holes or the tantalizing possibility of a wormhole echo from another universe.
SpaceBlack hole GW190521 may be a wormhole from another universeJoseph Shavit
The picture shows the dynamic environment around the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way's center, featuring the newly discovered gas cloud G2t alongside previously known clouds G1 and G2, whose similar orbits suggest a common origin from the star system IRS16SW.
SpaceMassive binary star system may be feeding the Milky Way’s central black holeJoseph Shavit
SpaceNASA cleanroom fungus could survive a trip to Mars, raising contamination concernsJoshua Shavit