Science

Water occupies 70 percent of the earth’s surface and is crucial to life as we know it, but how it got here has been a long scientific debate. The puzzle was solved a step closer Thursday after a French team reported in the magazine Science they had identified which space …

Scientists have discovered how microbes in waterlogged soils produce high levels of ethylene, which can negatively affect agricultural crops and bioenergy feedstocks such as switchgrass. This new knowledge can be used to develop treatments for healthier crops. Credit: Andy Sproles / ORNL, US Department of Energy Scientists from the Oak …

The New Zealand NZX exchange is targeting four days of DDoS attacks this week. Getty Images The New Zealand Stock Exchange stopped trading for a fourth day in a row on Friday due to multiple cyber attacks. “We are currently experiencing connectivity issues similar to those caused by severe offshore …

A team including researchers from Seattle’s Benaroya Research Institute in Virginia Mason has identified a new pathway for protecting cells from deadly viruses – including the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 as well as the Ebola virus. The technique, described in this week’s issue of the journal Science, uses a screening …

Four years ago, Rudy Giuliani took the stage at the Republican National Convention to deliver a terrifying monologue about how his friend Donald Trump would usher in a new era of law and order and end the racial struggle through political assassination of Black men. Four years later, Giuliani returned …