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Red tide is famous for turning the wataer off the Florida coast toxic and blood-colored. Other algal blooms are not as recognizable by color, but can be just as harmful. Some scientists think we don't yet know just how dangerous they can be.
An ancient soil-enrichment technology, life outside the solar system, our instant beauty-detectors, our bias for beauty, and running out of metals.
Blocking addiction in the brain, how particle accelerators work, mapping the Milky Way, the other human genome, and how tobacco could save lives.
Dinosaur lovers: It's time to move on from T-rex. A prehistoric Godzilla has been found, and he sounds nasty.
A mystery in choral singing, what makes water sticky, how name brands affect our preferences, a cancer drug in your backyard, and new dinosaur discoveries.
Fungus seems to have something of a Jekyll-and-Hyde personality--sometimes good, sometimes bad.
Fish populations worldwide have been decreasing. New research shows that this may have an unexpected effect on flowers.
The trees are starting to put on their spectacular autumn show. Why and how do they do it?
The shrubs that thrive in the warmer arctic winters could have a big impact on the whole planet.
Are hurricanes increasing in number? Scientists have now found a way to ask the trees.
Studying plant steroids could boost harvests and seed production, and moss grown in zero gravity grows in spiral patterns.
Adding fungi to soil helps plants grow better, and a good fungus protects cacao trees from a bad fungus.
Purple tomatoes have more powerful antioxidants, and how plants warn others of insect attacks.