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Outdoor scene of a cliff of rock with mountains in the background. Small human figures can be seen at the base of the cliff.

Buried Alive: Carbon Dioxide Release From Magma Deep Beneath Ancient Volcanoes a Hidden Driver of Earth’s Past Climate

by Kitta MacPherson
October 30, 2024

Graphic of two branching trees shaped as human heads facing each other. Between them is a burst of light.

Exploring the Psychedelics Within Us

by Greg Watry
October 21, 2024

A quarry of bright white sand under a deep blue sky. An excavating machine can be seen in the distant center.

Laser Purified Silica

by Jessica Heath
October 14, 2024

A line of cars in the sunshine.

Charging, Not Range, is Becoming a Top Concern For Electric Car Drivers

by Alan Jenn
October 10, 2024

Concept art with the panel divided diagonally from lower left to upper right. Left side in blue tones a robotic face, right side in red/orange tones a human face.

AI: A Tectonic Shift in Human Society

by Alex Russell
October 08, 2024

A field of stars and galaxies, some distorted in shape.

From Viruses to Galaxies, How Machine Learning Helps Scientific Discovery

by Greg Watry
October 03, 2024

A view up a broad river with a small town on the right bank.

(W)ringing in the New California Water Year

by Andy Fell
October 01, 2024

Outline of a palm-like leaf on grey stone against a black background.

Taking the Earth’s Temperature Over the Past 485 Million Years

by Smithsonian Institution Newsdesk
September 19, 2024

Monochrome view of a rocky, cratered plain with a black sky in the background.

Recent Volcanoes on the Moon?

by Andy Fell
September 04, 2024

spring-run chinook swimming in river

California Native Fish in Decline

by Andy Fell
September 03, 2024

A metallic disc floats above a larger metallic ring.

Physicist Receives $1.25 Million Grant to Investigate Superconductivity

by Greg Watry
August 22, 2024

Closeup of a California newt

No Evidence of a Common Set of Regeneration Genes

by Andy Fell
August 19, 2024

Red laser beams bounce off a mirrored ceiling onto a green cell.

New Microscope Offers Faster, High-Resolution Brain Imaging

by Nancy D. Lamontagne
August 15, 2024

Futuristic rendering of car windshield and dash with floating blue displays

Can Autonomous Vehicles Dream of Electric Traffic?

by Matt Marcure
August 08, 2024

Photo: Kim Conley runs 5,000-meter final.

Humans are Born to Run

by Greg Watry
July 30, 2024

A tomato at the Student Farm

Researchers Examine How Early Harvest, Storage Affect Tomatoes

by Emily C. Dooley
June 28, 2024

Close up of a small white flower among green leaves against a neutral background.

Making Human Breast Milk Sugars in Plants

by Kara Manke
June 13, 2024

Large, complex machines with lots of colorful wiring dominate a hall with some small human figures visible.

Physicists Measure the Very, Very, Very Small

by John Conway
June 04, 2024

Pellet of grey stone-like material hovers in the center of a shiny metal disk.

Superconductivity: Hype versus Reality

by Greg Watry and Andy Fell
May 24, 2024

Five brightly colored galaxies against a black background

New Thinking About the Multiverse

by Andy Fell
May 15, 2024

CERN hadron collider

Students Build, Install Dark Matter Detector at CERN

by Greg Watry
May 01, 2024

Yellow and green structures in the center of a yellow cup with black and green lines radiating from the center.

How Plants Sense Scent

by Liana Wait
April 25, 2024

A black and white monkey on all fours holding a large nut or fruit against a background of tropical foliage.

Monkeys' Stone Tool Use Gives Insight into Archaeology

by Greg Watry and Andy Fell
April 19, 2024

A brown octopus seen from the side, tentacles curled beneath it.

Warming Ocean Could Harm Octopus Vision

by Andy Fell
April 16, 2024

What’s In Our Food?

by Andy Fell
April 09, 2024

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