“Viruses have a natural ability to enter cells and deliver cargo,” Leonard said. “Borrowing viral parts is an effective strategy for achieving delivery, but then you are somewhat limited to the types of delivery that the virus evolved to do. It takes substantial engineering work to tweak those systems to alter their functions for each…

The Hill published this warning from an Information Sciences assistant professor: Since 1980, more than 40,000 scientific publications have been retracted. They either contained errors, were based on outdated knowledge or were outright frauds… Yet these zombie publications continue to be cited and used, unwittingly, to support new arguments. Why? Almost always it’s because nobody…

An Australian mosquito species knows the best spot to drink its bloody meals: a frog’s nostril. The bloodsuckers are surprisingly selective when dining on frogs, seemingly picking no other place on the body to feast, researchers report November 21 in Ethology. Frogs’ sniffers may be an easy and productive place for the mosquitoes to pierce…

SLATINGTON, Pa. — As temperatures begin to drop across the Lehigh Valley and winter moves into the region, environmental officials are ready to draw residents out. “When winter’s here, people want stuff to do – they want to get out of the house,” said Riley Davenport, education and outreach coordinator for Lehigh Gap Nature Center.…

An Australian mosquito species knows the best spot to drink its bloody meals: a frog’s nostril. The bloodsuckers are surprisingly selective when dining on frogs, seemingly picking no other place on the body to feast, researchers report November 21 in Ethology. Frogs’ sniffers may be an easy and productive place for the mosquitoes to pierce…

SLATINGTON, Pa. — As temperatures begin to drop across the Lehigh Valley and winter moves into the region, environmental officials are ready to draw residents out. “When winter’s here, people want stuff to do – they want to get out of the house,” said Riley Davenport, education and outreach coordinator for Lehigh Gap Nature Center.…

“The United Nations recently published a somewhat bleak report on worldwide soil contamination. A major challenge is reclaiming land and protecting human health from toxic exposures,” said Owen Duckworth, North Carolina State University professor of biogeochemistry. Soil pollution may seem limited to headline-grabbing spills, but many pollutants result from mining, industrial activities, waste disposal, and…

“The United Nations recently published a somewhat bleak report on worldwide soil contamination. A major challenge is reclaiming land and protecting human health from toxic exposures,” said Owen Duckworth, North Carolina State University professor of biogeochemistry. Soil pollution may seem limited to headline-grabbing spills, but many pollutants result from mining, industrial activities, waste disposal, and…

Researchers have found far less data on bird sightings in neighborhoods impacted by discriminatory housing policies in the United States since the 1930s. Even with the rise of digital citizen science platforms like eBird in the last two decades, the information gap on bird species between wealthy and impoverished areas has gotten much worse. This…

By Danna Staaf The word “marsupial” typically evokes a kangaroo or perhaps a koala, something furry and warm-blooded that protects its babies in a pouch. But a surprising variety of creatures have evolved this unusual means of parental care, including crustaceans, seahorses—and frogs. With jaunty peaks sticking up from its eyelids that may help it…