Timef 08/27/2025
- Uncovering the Genes That Let Our Ancestors Walk Upright nytimes.com2025-08-27 23:00:14
A new study reveals some of the crucial molecular steps on the path to bipedalism.
- It’s a Night Light. It’s a Plant. It’s a Glowing Succulent. nytimes.com2025-08-27 23:00:06
In a proof of concept, researchers demonstrated that they could bioengineer a couple of hours of light into a common plant.
- Like Humans, Every Tree Has Its Own Microbiome, a New Study Has Found nytimes.com2025-08-27 22:00:09
Scientists have found that a single tree can be home to a trillion microbial cells — an invisible ecosystem that is only beginning to be understood.
- Rainer Weiss, Who Gave a Nod to Einstein and the Big Bang, Dies at 92 nytimes.com2025-08-27 04:04:35
He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on gravitational waves, which helped confirm Einstein’s general theory of relativity and how the universe began.
- Human Case of Flesh-Eating Screwworm Reported in Maryland nytimes.com2025-08-27 02:46:46
The patient had traveled to Central America, where an outbreak of myiasis, an infection by screwworm larvae, has been ravaging livestock.
- How Bees Engineer Honeycombs on Rough Construction Sites nytimes.com2025-08-27 02:00:12
Honeycomb, a mathematical marvel, is made by worker bees. A new study shows that the insects are very good at adapting to wonky foundations.
- This Golden Arsenic Deep-Sea Worm Fights Poison With Poison nytimes.com2025-08-27 02:00:08
To blunt the toxic arsenic in the waters where it lives, a deep-sea worm combines it with another chemical to produce a less toxic compound.
