Goldenrod can perceive other plants nearby without ever touching them, by sensing far-red light ratios reflected off leaves. When goldenrod is eaten by herbivores, it adapts its response based on ...

U.S. millennials are rejecting suburbia and moving back to the city. That was a prevailing idea in 2019, when I started as the social sciences reporter at Science News. But when I began digging into a ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — This week, University at Buffalo geologist Tracy Gregg is in Moscow for a scientific meeting. Next stop? Venus. That’s the plan, at least. Gregg won’t be going to Venus herself, but ...