A team of German astronomers, led by Professor Klaus Werner of the University of Tübingen, have discovered a strange new type of star covered in the by-product of helium burning.
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What Lies Beneath: Roots as Drivers of South African Landscape Pattern
We typically think of plants strutting their best stuff aboveground: showy flowers, fragrant blossoms, and unique shapes abound. But their development belowground is equally magical.
Lichens Are in Danger of Losing the Evolutionary Race With Climate Change
Algae are more than just the green scum that shows up on aquarium walls.
Dead or Alive: Seagrasses Continue to Release Methane After Their Die-off
Seagrass meadows play an important role in the marine carbon cycle and our climate.
Drought Depletes a Reservoir in Spain, Revealing a Ghost Village
The 1992 opening of the Alto Lindoso Dam on the border of Spain and Portugal flooded the town of Aceredo, Spain.
Ending the Debate: New Research Solves Longstanding Antarctic Climate Change Mystery
New research led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst definitively resolves a long-standing discrepancy in the geologic record that pitted studies of marine ice-sheet behavior against those that reconstructed past conditions on land.




