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A Beloved Maple Tree Had to Come Down, But It Lives On

October 16, 2024October 16, 2024Daryln Brewer Hoffstot and Kristian ThackerComments Off on A Beloved Maple Tree Had to Come Down, But It Lives On

A beloved sugar maple slowly succumbed to disease. Today, it lives on in a new form.

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Surprising New Research Links Infant Mortality to Crashing Bat Populations

September 5, 2024September 5, 2024Catrin EinhornComments Off on Surprising New Research Links Infant Mortality to Crashing Bat Populations

Without bats to eat insects, farmers turned to more pesticides, a study found. That appears to have increased infant deaths.

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An Australian Start-Up Hopes to Slow Climate Change With an Unusual Approach

August 10, 2024August 13, 2024Somini Sengupta and Matthew AbbottComments Off on An Australian Start-Up Hopes to Slow Climate Change With an Unusual Approach

An Australian start-up is hoping fungi can pull carbon dioxide from the air and stash it underground. It’s one of several ventures trying to deploy the superpowers of soil to slow global warming.

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If You Give a Frog a Sauna, It Might Fight Off a Deadly Fungus

June 26, 2024Emily AnthesComments Off on If You Give a Frog a Sauna, It Might Fight Off a Deadly Fungus

A fatal fungal disease has devastated the world’s amphibians. But the fungus has a vulnerability: It cannot tolerate heat.

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If You Give a Frog a Sauna, It Might Fight Off a Deadly Fungus

June 26, 2024Emily AnthesComments Off on If You Give a Frog a Sauna, It Might Fight Off a Deadly Fungus

A fatal fungal disease has devastated the world’s amphibians. But the fungus has a vulnerability: It cannot tolerate heat.

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Akira Endo, Scholar of Statins That Reduce Heart Disease, Dies at 90

June 12, 2024June 12, 2024Hisako Ueno, Mike Ives and Gina KolataComments Off on Akira Endo, Scholar of Statins That Reduce Heart Disease, Dies at 90

The Japanese biochemist found in the 1970s that cholesterol-lowering drugs lowered the LDL, or “bad” cholesterol, level in the blood.

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What a Fungus Reveals About the Space Program

September 21, 2021DENNIS OVERBYEComments Off on What a Fungus Reveals About the Space Program

One thing’s for sure: Escaping the dung heap doesn’t come cheap.

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In the Wake of India’s Covid Crisis, a ‘Black Fungus’ Epidemic Follows

June 20, 2021June 20, 2021Emily SchmallComments Off on In the Wake of India’s Covid Crisis, a ‘Black Fungus’ Epidemic Follows

The deadly disease has sickened former coronavirus patients across the country. Doctors believe that hospitals desperate to keep Covid patients alive made choices that left them vulnerable.

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Fungal Infections in Covid Patients in India Push Government to Get Grip on Spread

May 21, 2021SAMEER YASIRComments Off on Fungal Infections in Covid Patients in India Push Government to Get Grip on Spread

The rare condition, mucormycosis, commonly known as black fungus, was present in India before the pandemic, but it is affecting those with Covid or those who have recently recovered.

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Emails Show How Pesticide Industry Influenced U.S. Position in Health Talks

September 24, 2020ANDREW JACOBSComments Off on Emails Show How Pesticide Industry Influenced U.S. Position in Health Talks

The U.S. insisted that new international guidelines on combating drug resistance omit any mention of fungicides — a demand that the industry made but that ran counter to science.

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