Mrs. Faulkner's Class SPHS

08/24/2023

When trees get too hot, energy production in their leaves breaks down

05/22/2022

New evidence suggests RNA and peptides may have helped build each other on early Earth

05/14/2022

New research shows that cuckoo finches pass the ability to mimic eggs through maternal inheritance, but it may be a double-edged sword.

10/25/2021

10/16/2021

10/01/2021

Trans fats are now known as a dietary villain. But in the beginning, scientists thought they were better than butter.

01/27/2021

Two species of Australian monitor lizards dig nests four meters deep. Now scientists reveal that the burrows are home to far more than their creators.

01/18/2021

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/health/coronavirus-mutations-B117-variant.html?fbclid=IwAR0WSnNlZI8cNrZDHetjzm9KGN4w7hgVjN19Ot3WdCREi52MjGHeTmcpU7w

What researchers have learned about the U.K. variant.

01/09/2021

11/21/2020

Introduced in the 1920s, toads on two islands in the Indian Ocean have shrunken limbs and bodies that may be evidence that "island dwarfism" can evolve quickly.

07/31/2020

Antibodies are one of the major players in the immune system’s attack against germs.
Learn what they are, what they do and how they keep us healthy.

07/24/2020

Altered olfactory function is a common symptom of COVID-19, but its etiology is unknown. A key question is whether SARS-CoV-2 (CoV-2) – the causal agent in COVID-19 – affects olfaction directly, by infecting olfactory sensory neurons or their targets in the olfactory bulb, or indirectly, through...