Rice is the largest global staple crop, consumed by more than half the world’s population – but new experiments from Stanford University suggest that with climate change, production in major rice-growing regions with endemic soil arsenic will undergo a dramatic decline and jeopardize critical food supplies.
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A Clue to Biodiversity?
Scientists have found that some passion vine butterflies (Heliconius) share similar color patterns that help ward off predators because they actually share parts of their DNA as a result of hybridization somewhere in their ancestry.
The Secret Behind Crystals that Shrink when Heated
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have new experimental evidence and a predictive theory that solves a long-standing materials science mystery: why certain crystalline materials shrink when heated.
NASA Satellite Imagery Finds Rebekah Now Post-Tropical
NASA’s Terra Satellite provided a visible image of Post-Tropical Cyclone Rebekah as it continued moving in an easterly direction through the North Atlantic Ocean.
NASA Finds Tropical Storm Maha’s Heavy Rain Potential Over Lakshadweep
Tropical Cyclone Maha continued to move north along the southwestern coast of India when NASA’s Aqua satellite passed overhead and analyzed the cloud top temperatures.
New Artificial Intelligence Helps to Identify, Track Bird Species
Scientists have developed artificial intelligence that can identify 200 species of birds from just a single photo, offering another way to quickly and cheaply monitor bird populations than the traditional in-person counts often used today.


