After 9,000 years of cultivation, rice has reached its thermal limit
Rice has historically been a heat-loving plant. In fact, the wild ancestor of cultivated rice once grew primarily on the…
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African frogs haven’t forgotten the ice ages. Scientists can tell by where they live.
Why are frogs diverse in some parts of Africa’s rainforests and less so in others? The patterns of cooling and…
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Study in search of a tropical spring is the first to show some birds flip their breeding season in response to climate
Key points Many years of scientific observation and research show that temperate birds nest in the spring, and their breeding…
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Michal Kowalewski selected as 2025 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Michal Kowalewski has been selected as a 2025 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s…
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Highly and casually active citizen scientists contribute equally valuable data
T he word “nemotia”1 is a neologism, a newly coined term that, in this case, describes the sense of overwhelm…
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Archaeologists upload the history of North America’s oldest colonial city
The city of St. Augustine, Florida, has the distinction of being continuously occupied longer than any other European settlement in…
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Scientists lay out what we do and don’t yet know about moths and butterflies
Key points Scientists have published a broad review of what they’ve learned about moths and butterflies over the last few…
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Vertebrate paleontology has a numbers problem. Computer vision can help
How many fossils does it take to accurately train an image-based AI algorithm? According to a new study co-authored by…
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36 months later: Distance learning in the wake of COVID-19
Key points The COVID-19 pandemic had an immediate effect on how educators at museums and science centers interacted with their…
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Megan Ennes receives Early Career Research Award
The National Association for Research in Science and Technology (NARST) has selected Megan Ennes as this year’s recipient of its…
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