How Tree Rings Challenged the Myth of American Wilderness
By studying fire scars in ancient wood, many scientists have become convinced that Indigenous people transformed North America long before…
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admin Stumped by a Medical Mystery? Try Metagenomics
Jason Liebowitz on metagenomics, a new and powerful type of genetic testing that can search for thousands of different microorganisms…
The Mystery of Dark Oxygen
James Dinneen on the search for dark oxygen in the Moab Khotsong gold-and-uranium mine, outside Johannesburg, South Africa.
How to Survive an Infestation of Toxic Caterpillars
Ben Crair on the spread across Europe of the oak processionary caterpillar, which fills the air with microscopic hairs that…