50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: May 2022

Using 'counterfactuals' to verify predictions of drug safety

Affirmative action bans had 'devastating impact' on diversity in medical schools, study finds

Researchers bridge the gap between disciplines to better understand chemical reactions

Safer Indoor Air, and People Want Masks on Planes and Trains: COVID Quickly, Episode 29

New process aims to strip ammonia from wastewater

Precipitation helped drive distribution of Alaska dinosaurs

Researchers bridge the gap between disciplines to better understand chemical reactions

Telescope dons 'sunglasses' to find brightest-ever pulsar

Park rangers use butterflies to take planet's pulse in a biodiversity hotspot

With climate catastrophe looming, experts say world also needs carbon removal solutions

Automated synthesis allows for discovery of unexpected charge transport behavior in organic molecules

Discovery about coral-algal symbiosis could help coral reefs recover after bleaching events

Researchers develop powerful strategy for creating new-to-nature enzymes

Study finds how Acinetobacter baumannii survives without water on hospital surfaces

Team develops method to increase gene editing efficiency while minimizing DNA deletion sizes

Highly valuable Asian rosewood trees face a host of threats to survival

Researchers home in on Thera volcano eruption date

Photons can enable real-time physical random bit generation for information security app

Augmented reality devices in the workplace boost short-term productivity, risk long-term innovation and efficiency

Scientists describe a gravity telescope that could image exoplanets

Natural gas could bridge gap from gasoline to electric vehicles, thanks to metal-organic frameworks

Carbon, climate change and ocean anoxia in an ancient icehouse world

Scientists map living corals for the first time before and after marine heat wave: Winners and losers discovered

Park rangers use butterflies to take planet's pulse in a biodiversity hotspot

Researchers home in on Thera volcano eruption date

Aging and fake news: It's not the story you think it is

Geophysics: Better insights into Earth's interior

A long-forgotten toxic dump site is raising new worries for this Los Angeles neighborhood

Strong solar flare erupts from sun

Lighting the tunnel of plant evolution: Scientists explore the importance of two-pore channels in plants

Climate Change Will Boost Viral Outbreaks

Enzymes discovered in capybara gut could accelerate utilization of agroindustrial waste

As climate shifts, species will need to relocate, and people may have to help them

Using tiny sensors to monitor migrating monarchs

Research team unravels the trick of evolving the GTP sensor

Tree loss in tropics casts doubt over climate goals

New California bill could require 'blue carbon' to offset coastal development

We've created a device that could allow instant disease diagnosis, while fitting inside your phone lens

Idaho water officials issue emergency drought declaration for majority of state

Climate change is pushing toxic chemicals into drinking wells

Punishing heat wave in India reaches 115 degrees, part of a 'hotter and more dangerous world'

One step synthesis of efficient red emissive carbon dots for in vivo bioimaging

Studies find the seeds of a forest's renewal after wildfire, drought

How the dinosaur extinction changed plant evolution

Automatic admissions policies increased diversity at rural Texas high schools, says report

Campaign reduces car idling at two elementary schools

'Atomic photon source' based on the movement of atoms

Emission accomplished: Cattle burp methane expulsion measured from space for first time

Coastal Cities Are Drinking Themselves Underwater

Self-eliminating genes tested on mosquitoes

Study supports stronger conservation efforts in Southeast glacial refugia regions

Risk of lower groundwater levels in northern Sweden with a warmer climate

Artificial intelligence can identify students at risk of failing and provide tools for success

Climate action is critical for health equity. Community health clinics are key—and need more support

Finding the best lentil varieties for every farm

Studies find the seeds of a forest's renewal after wildfire, drought

Gene therapy reverses effects of autism-linked mutation in brain organoids

Mapping study yields novel insights into DNA-protein connection, paving way for researchers to target new treatments

Photonic slide rule: Simultaneous resolving of wavelength and polarization state

Researchers' tools show who is most easily duped by 'financial bullshit'

Exploring the murky history of the chase for the blue whale

China is building an asteroid deflection mission of its own, due for launch in 2025

Weaponized grooming rhetoric is taking a toll on LGBTQ community and child sex abuse survivors

A new model predicts forest tree growth in new environments

How the pandemic changed human mobility patterns

Ice lost, island found?

Organic pesticides to provide natural protection for endangered crops

Search reveals eight new sources of black hole echoes

Scientists create viable, reproducing yeast-cyanobacterial hybrids

Nanotechnology enables visualization of RNA structures at near-atomic resolution

Study of ancient predators sheds light on how humans did—or didn't—find food

Great apes found to look longer at unfamiliar human faces than those they know

Search reveals eight new sources of black hole echoes

Sensor makes strides in detecting infection indicators

How digitization of supply chains can boost circular economies

Sweet spots in the sea: Mountains of sugar under seagrass meadows

'Extreme' plants grow faster in the face of stress

New study 'exonerates' urban pests like rats as one-of-a-kind disease reservoirs

What to do in a dog attack, and why they hate postal workers so much

Research identifies key connection between gravitational instability in physical gels and granular media

Earthquake modelers unite to compare and improve code

First-ever study of LGBT+ experiences in physics reveals red flags

Hydroponic native plants to detox PFAS-contaminated water

A 'beyond-quantum' equivalence principle for superposition and entanglement

The device hoping to answer the ultimate existential questions

A new strategy for active metasurface design provides a full 360 degree phase tunable metasurface

Are Australians socially inclusive? Five things we learned after surveying 11,000 people for half a decade

Study finds children with vegetarian diet have similar growth and nutrition compared to children who eat meat

Researchers develop smartphone-powered microchip for at-home medical diagnostic testing

What is the future of Black Twitter under Elon Musk?

Spatiotemporal regulation of chemical reactions using only audible sound

Why some beaches are getting bigger despite rising sea levels

New nanotech imaging tool may allow smartphone disease diagnosis

Amid tensions on Earth, the United States claims that 'conflict in space is not inevitable'

To fight extreme poverty, empower women with more than cash

Four lessons from online learning that should stick after the pandemic

New findings about the bacteria that causes listeriosis

'High maintenance' is a red flag on dating apps. Women are still expected to shrink themselves

Genomic studies open up a wealth of bioactive small molecules in insect-killing bacteria

Using sound waves to model the rotational dynamics of inertial many-particle clustering objects

TYC 2990-127-1 is an Algol-type double-lined spectroscopic binary, study finds

Cryptocurrencies and NFTs Are a Buyer Beware Market

The Navy Extracted a Jet Fighter from 12,400 Feet below the Surface of the South China Sea

'Lungs of the Mediterranean' at risk

Public participation in environmental planning suffered during COVID-19 crisis in Ontario

Scientists discover how bees activate natural medicine against parasite infection during pollination