While much of the history of life on Earth is written, the opening chapters are murky at best. On our ever-changing world, the older a rock is, the more it has changed, obscuring or even erasing ...

The scientists had their own “aha” moments too. During one visit, Holden’s Juliana Medeiros, Ph.D., lead researcher of the plant physiology lab at Holden Arboretum, tried gathering molten glass from ...

Scientists from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Caltech have finally solved a decades-old mystery about how photosynthesis really begins. They discovered why energy inside plants flows down ...

The evolution of intelligent life around red dwarf stars is likely to be an uphill slog, due to the demands needed to jumpstart oxygenic photosynthesis. Given that red M-dwarf stars are by far the ...

Without photosynthesis we wouldn’t have food because it converts energy from the sun into chemical energy for the food chains. Image by Tim Sandle Without photosynthesis we wouldn’t have food because ...

Mosses may appear simple, but they’re far from fragile. They thrive in some of the harshest places on Earth — Antarctica, arid deserts, high mountain peaks and more. “We’ve long wondered about the ...

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EL SEGUNDO — No question, there is a training camp battle between Bradley Bozeman and Zion Johnson for the Chargers’ starting center position, one of the few actual competitions over the first few ...

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Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Jean Placko — known as Ms. Placko to her high school students — has been a scientist her entire ...

Deane Bozeman School has named Kevin Pettis as its new head high school football coach, the school announced this evening. “We are excited to welcome Kevin Pettis to Deane Bozeman School,” the school ...