Chaos Is More Common in Populations Than Previously Thought
It’s possible that methodological and data restrictions, rather than ecosystems’ fundamental stability, are to blame for the notion that chaos is uncommon in natural populations….
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Hidden Regions Revealed in First Complete Sequence of a Human Genome
Parts of the human genome now available to study for the first time are important for understanding genetic diseases, human diversity, and evolution. The first…
Compelling Sign of Alien Life: Methane Could Be the First Detectable Indication of Life Beyond Earth
A new study assesses the planetary context in which the detection of methane in an exoplanet’s atmosphere could be considered a compelling sign of life….
Tilting of Earth’s Crust Governed the Flow of Cataclysmic Megafloods at the End of the Last Ice Age
Study provides new perspective on Washington state’s Channeled Scablands, carved by the Missoula megafloods at the end of the last ice age. As ice sheets…
Astrophysicists Explain Puzzling Results From Gravitational Wave Observatories
Astrophysicists Explain the Origin of Unusually Heavy Neutron Star Binaries Simulations of supernova explosions of massive stars paired with neutron stars can explain puzzling results…
In Vitro Circadian Clock: Scientists Assemble a Biological Clock in a Test Tube To Study How It Works
The reconstituted biological clock maintains daily cycles for days on end, allowing researchers to study the interactions of its component parts. Daily cycles in virtually…
Touching the Stars: Astronomers Can Now Hold Stellar Nurseries in Their Hands
Researchers can now hold stellar nurseries in their hands thanks to 3D printing, revealing features often obscured in traditional renderings and animations. Astronomers can’t touch…
Radioactive New Clues to the Formation of Our Solar System From Nearby Stellar Nursery
The Ophiuchus star-forming complex offers an analog for the formation of the solar system, including the sources of elements found in primitive meteorites. A region…
Salt Marsh Resilience Compromised by Superabundant Crabs Along Tidal Creek Edges
A long-term study in California’s Elkhorn Slough revealed the impact of superabundant crabs on salt marsh vegetation and the vulnerability of tidal creek banks to…
Millions of Red Crab Would Sometimes Wash Ashore Leaving People Bewildered – Now Scientists Have Solved the Mystery
New findings suggest that abnormal ocean currents cause the occasional appearance of pelagic red crabs outside their native range. For decades, people have wondered why…
“Dead Zones” Formed Repeatedly in North Pacific During Warm Climates Over the Past 1.2 Million Years
Over the past 1.2 million years, marine life was repeatedly extinguished in low-oxygen ‘dead zones’ in the North Pacific Ocean during warm interglacial climates. An…
Non-hallucinogenic Psychedelic Analog Rapidly Reverses Effects of Stress on the Brain
Free of toxic and hallucinogenic side effects, ibogaine-inspired tabernanthalog shows promise as a potential treatment for the detrimental effects of stress on the brain. A…
Investigating Baked Meteorites Yields Clues to Planetary Atmospheres
The gases released from meteorite samples heated in a high-temperature furnace can tell scientists about the initial composition of the atmospheres of rocky exoplanets. In…
Ancient Horse DNA Reveals Gene Flow Between North American and Eurasian Horses
New findings show connections between the ancient horse populations in North America, where horses evolved, and Eurasia, where they were domesticated. A new study of…
Scientists Warn of “Oxygen False Positives” in Search for Signs of Alien Life on Other Planets
Oxygen in the atmosphere may not be an entirely reliable ‘biosignature,’ but there are ways to distinguish false positives from signs of life, scientists say….
Exploring Climate Change and Seafood Sustainability of US Tuna Fisheries
A new study published in Elementa by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz and NOAA examines traditional aspects of seafood sustainability alongside greenhouse gas emissions…
Changes in Ocean Chemistry Reveal How Sea Level Affects the Global Carbon Cycle
New analysis of strontium isotopes reveals how the global carbon cycle has responded to changes in climate and sea level through geologic time. A new…
New Analysis Shows Potential for “Solar Canals” in California – Advancing Both Renewable Energy and Water Conservation
UC Santa Cruz researchers published a new study — in collaboration with UC Water and the Sierra Nevada Research Institute at UC Merced — that…
