A meteor hit Oklahoma 100 million years later than scientists thought

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have revised a key piece of Oklahoma’s geologic history, with possible implications for how scientists interpret major events in the history of life on Earth. Beneath the town of Ames, Oklahoma, lies a meteor impact structure that stretches for miles underground. Layers…

A forgotten 30-year forest experiment just delivered a huge surprise

What’s the best way to manage a forest? Australians have argued about this for decades. The debate is often framed as binary: do we protect forests entirely, or harvest trees to support local economies and communities? The reality is more interesting, as our new research on a long-forgotten experiment in…

Your gut bacteria may reveal how fast your brain is aging

A new UCLA study suggests that the pace of brain aging may be connected to bacteria in the gut and the chemical compounds they produce. The findings offer a new look at biological changes that may begin long before noticeable problems with memory or thinking appear. Scientists have used brain…

Scientists just found a new way to make hydrogen from water

Researchers at Oregon State University have created a new class of materials that can use light to produce hydrogen from water, offering a potentially cleaner way to convert solar energy into fuel. The work was led by Kyriakos Stylianou of the OSU College of Science. His team developed a photocatalyst…

This common vitamin could help fight one of the deadliest brain cancers

Edward (Ed) Waldner knew something was wrong, even though he could not explain exactly what was happening. At age 55, he was constantly exhausted, regardless of how demanding his day had been. At first, he wondered whether sleep apnea might be responsible. Then he began noticing changes in the way…