A pioneering study has uncovered the sophisticated tactics root-knot nematodes use to manipulate the genetic machinery of ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of human parasite that appears to be resistant to common antiparasitic treatments, such as ivermectin. The parasite, named Trichuris incognita, is a type ...

Explorers didn't sight Antarctica until 1820. But that didn't stop centuries of imaginative geographers from boldly declaring its existence. Follow the course of Antarctic mapmaking, from ancient ...

The app is a joint development by scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena and Ilmenau University of Technology. Initially the algorithm was trained using several million ...