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Frozen postmortem human brain samples at the Allen Institute for Brain Science.

We Can Now See the Brain Like Never Before

A new, high-resolution map of the brain will help researchers better diagnose and treat diseases.

Daniela Hernandez

October 12, 2023

4 min read

*** ONE-TIME USE *** Dr. Alberto Bertozzi (post-doctoral fellow), Dr. Kritika Chaddha (post-doctoral fellow), and Dr. Aditi Gurkar (Assistant Professor of Medicine), Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Pittsburgh. Photographer: Michelle Sun.

Saudi Arabia Is Dangling Billions to Fund Research on Aging. Scientists Are Lining Up to Take It.

The kingdom’s plans to put more than $1 billion a year into global efforts on longevity stir anticipation—and hesitation around the country’s politics.

Stephen Kalin

| Photographs by Hashem Al-Sharif for The Wall Street Journal

August 31, 2023

6 min read

LEFT: A general view of Duvanny Yar and the Kolyma river southwest of the town of Chersky, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Russia, September 12, 2021. Duvanny Yar gives a side-on view of the permafrost thaw taking place underground where ancient Pleistocene-era flora and fauna have been frozen for millennia. Picture taken September 12, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov SEARCH "PERMAFROST SHEMETOV" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES City: CHERSKY; RIGHT: A microscopic image of the Siberian worm. The organism was revived from a tomb of Russian permafrost and had been frozen for 46,000 years, according to an international team of researchers. Credit: PLOS Genetics

Worms Revived After 46,000 Years in Siberian Permafrost

The half-dozen creatures, a type of nematode or roundworm, were last awake when Neanderthals and woolly mammoths roamed the Earth.

Dominique Mosbergen

July 27, 2023

4 min read

Chere Suzette Bergeron, a 36-year-old herbalist, holistic nurse and educator-in-training for the Minnesota Mycological Society, picking chanterelle mushrooms this week.

Mushroom Foraging Is So Popular in Minnesota, the State Plans a Crackdown

Officials eye a limit on picking and push the buttons of fans; ‘I kind of cried a little’

Joe Barrett

July 26, 2023

5 min read

Evolutionary biologist Peter Grant poses at Princeton University on April 20th, 2023.

Peter Grant Has Documented Evolution in Action

The evolutionary biologist spent decades tracking the development of finches in the Galápagos Islands as part of a husband-and-wife team.

Emily Bobrow

June 2, 2023

6 min read

Why Iceland’s Volcanic Activity Is Different This Time: It’s All About the Lava

November 16, 2023

3 min read

Staghorn coral rescued from the ocean after the bleaching event that spread across the Floridna Keys this past summer.

Florida’s Coral Reef Supports Fishing, Tourism and Beaches. Can Science Save It?

November 18, 2023

5 min read

IMPERIAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 20: A waves breaks on the Pacific Ocean with Tropical Storm Hilary approaching in San Diego County on August 20, 2023 in Imperial Beach, California. Southern California is under a first-ever tropical storm warning as Hilary approaches with parts of California, Arizona and Nevada preparing for flooding and heavy rains. All California state beaches have been closed in San Diego and Orange counties in preparation for the impacts from the storm which was downgraded from hurricane status. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Climate Change’s $150 Billion Hit to the U.S. Economy

November 14, 2023

4 min read

What’s Wrong With Peer Review?

November 10, 2023

5 min read

On August 31, 2012 a long filament of solar material that had been hovering in the sun's atmosphere, the corona, erupted out into space at 4:36 p.m. EDT. The coronal mass ejection, or CME, traveled at over 900 miles per second. The CME did not travel directly toward Earth, but did connect with Earth's magnetic environment, or magnetosphere, causing aurora to appear on the night of Monday, September 3.

The Next Big Solar Storm Could Fry the Grid

October 11, 2023

8 min read

Biology

Latest News

We Can Now See the Brain Like Never Before

Saudi Arabia Is Dangling Billions to Fund Research on Aging. Scientists Are Lining Up to Take It.

Worms Revived After 46,000 Years in Siberian Permafrost

Mushroom Foraging Is So Popular in Minnesota, the State Plans a Crackdown

Peter Grant Has Documented Evolution in Action

Why Iceland’s Volcanic Activity Is Different This Time: It’s All About the Lava

Florida’s Coral Reef Supports Fishing, Tourism and Beaches. Can Science Save It?

Climate Change’s $150 Billion Hit to the U.S. Economy

What’s Wrong With Peer Review?

The Next Big Solar Storm Could Fry the Grid

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