Sure, botflies are gross, but they also know just how to hitch a ride on a camel sneeze. An entomologist celebrates the world ...

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Debates over the presence of microplastics in the human body highlight the challenge of studying something simultaneously invisible to the naked eye and abundant.

A typically friendly setting for one of their own turned tense on Capitol Hill Wednesday with senators grilling Markwayne Mullin for roughly three hours as he vies to become President Donald Trump’s ...

It turns out you can quite literally see an analog signal if the conditions are right—and you look closely enough. Reading time 3 minutes Despite their futuristic appearance—for our money, they’re ...

Good morning, Early Birds. Welcome to the Year of the Fire Horse. Send tips to earlytips@washpost.com. Thanks for waking up with us. In today’s edition ...

Stratified marine systems are often characterized by a deep chlorophyll maximum (DCM); however, the taxonomic and functional dynamics of protist assemblages within this layer remain poorly understood.

The cross-trophic networks between protists and (A) fungi and (B) bacteria. Structural equation models showing the contrasting patterns of protists on the accumulation of (C) fungal and (D) bacterial ...

What leads to lower atmospheric CO 2 during ice ages is a question that has puzzled scientists for decades, and it is one that UConn Department of Marine Sciences Ph.D. student Monica Garity and ...

The intricate, hidden processes that sustain coral life are being revealed through a new microscope developed by scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The diver-operated ...