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160 Results From "Photosynthesis"

Microbes Will Be Essential For Human Survival On Mars
Mars

Microbes Will Be Essential For Human Survival On Mars

By Kate Baggaley

Do plants poop?
Environment

Do plants poop?

By Jenny Morber

Shorter winters are stunting the growth of plants
Climate Change

Shorter winters are stunting the growth of plants

By Marlene Cimons

the moon crossing in front of the earth
Moons

Chinese robots are on a mission to beat NASA to the far side of the moon

By Neel V. Patel

Ethanol is renewable, but that doesn’t mean it’s good for us
Energy

Ethanol is renewable, but that doesn’t mean it’s good for us

By Jennifer Lu

Majumdar poster
Energy

The Power Broker: Funding an Energy Revolution

By Tom Clynes

10 Audacious Ideas to Save the Planet
Environment

10 Audacious Ideas to Save the Planet

By Popular Science Team

banana operation
Engineering

Can this fruit be saved?

By Dan Koeppel

Carbon emissions are sucking the nutrition out of our food
Nutrition

Carbon emissions are sucking the nutrition out of our food

By Nick Stockton

This bacteria could boost solar panels on cloudy days
Renewables

This bacteria could boost solar panels on cloudy days

By Marlene Cimons

These plants are napping their way through climate change
Climate Change

These plants are napping their way through climate change

By Marlene Cimons

If we’re going to capture our carbon emissions, we might as well put them to use
Renewables

If we’re going to capture our carbon emissions, we might as well put them to use

By Marlene Cimons

Deep-sea robots are scoping out the secret origins of algae blooms
Ocean

Deep-sea robots are scoping out the secret origins of algae blooms

By Marlene Cimons

NASA is learning the best way to grow food in space
Agriculture

NASA is learning the best way to grow food in space

By Sarah Scoles

Scientists are speed breeding plants in a race to beat climate change
Agriculture

Scientists are speed breeding plants in a race to beat climate change

By Marlene Cimons

I’ve dived in hundreds of underwater caves hunting for new forms of life
Environment

I’ve dived in hundreds of underwater caves hunting for new forms of life

By Tom Iliffe / The Conversation

How polar animals cope with frigid darkness for months at a time
Ocean

How polar animals cope with frigid darkness for months at a time

By Kate Baggaley

fluorescent coral
Ocean

Scientists may finally know why these magnificent corals glow in the dark

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Scientists tweak plant genes to enhance photosynthesis and increase crop yields
Agriculture

Scientists tweak plant genes to enhance photosynthesis and increase crop yields

By Peter Hess

The Great Barrier Reef’s latest unprecedented bleaching event could spell the end
Ocean

The Great Barrier Reef’s latest unprecedented bleaching event could spell the end

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

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bald eagle chick
Birds

One of Jackie and Shadow’s chicks accidentally left the nest

By Popular Science Team

bird flies with frog in its mouth
Environment

16 gorgeous images from the 1839 Awards’ Color Photography Contest

By Popular Science Team

Beautiful white young woman smelling a pink flower
Science

When the ability to smell goes away

By Victoria Clayton / Knowable Magazine

a group of bison in a forest fight against a pack of wolves
Wildlife

Watch bison shield their baby from a rare wolf attack in Poland

By Sara Hashemi