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Fusarium oxysporum spores can remain hardy in soil for decades. Andrii Volosheniuk/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Food

Banana apocalypse, part 2 – a genomicist explains the tricky genetics...

Staff Writer - August 18, 2024

Li-Jun Ma, UMass Amherst Did you know that the bananas you eat today are not the same type as...

EXPLORING NATURE

The artifacts found at Longtan, southwest China, were as old as 60,000 years. Qijun Ruan

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Stone tool discovery in China shows people in East Asia were...

Staff Writer - April 1, 2025

Ben Marwick, University of Washington New technologies today often involve electronic devices that are smaller and smarter than before....

The 6.9 magnitude Loma Prieta earthquake near San Francisco in 1989 caused about $6.8 billion in damage and 63 deaths. J.K. Nakata/U.S. Geological Survey

US earthquake safety relies on federal employees’ expertise

April 1, 2025

Black holes, like the one in this illustration, can spray powerful jets. S. Dagnello (NRAO/AUI/NSF), CC BY-SA

Jets from powerful black holes can point astronomers toward where −...

March 31, 2025

After gathering data on the captured anole, the team releases it back to the wild. Neil Losin/Day's Edge Prods.

Amid a tropical paradise known as ‘Lizard Island,’ researchers are cracking...

March 25, 2025

Experts predict that egg prices will keep climbing in 2025. Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Egg prices soar as outdated supply chains crack under pressure

March 24, 2025