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Environment

Electrical bacteria may help clean oil spills and curb methane emissions

Cable bacteria are living electrical wires that may become a tool to reduce methane emissions and clean oil spills.

Neuroscience

Herminia Pasantes discovered how taurine helps brain cells regulate their size

Mexican scientist Herminia Pasantes spent decades studying how nerve cells regulate their size and why it’s so vital.

Animals

Tardigrades could teach us how to handle the rigors of space travel

Tardigrades can withstand X-rays, freezing and vacuum. Now researchers are learning how they do it, with an eye toward human space travel.

Anthropology

Demond Mullins climbed Everest to inspire more Black outdoor enthusiasts

Mullins hopes his successful Mount Everest summit will encourage more Black people to experience the great outdoors.