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American Scientist @AmSciMag Oct 16, 2024

A single-celled organism tasks on a dazzling variety of glittering, jewelike forms.

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American Scientist @AmSciMag Nov 19, 2024

The groundwork for establishing governmental support for science sprung from the spirit of exploration.

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Vannevar Bush, shown here testifying for the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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American Scientist @AmSciMag Nov 15, 2024

Light from objects very far away needs to travel through space over millions to billions of years in order to reach us. So the farthest objects we can see look as they did millions of years ago, when their light began its journey to us.

American Scientist @AmSciMag Nov 13, 2024

Drugs targeting the kidneys for diabetes treatment stem from almost two centuries of research that began with an uprooted apple orchard.
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The centuries-long trail of experimentation and discovery that culminated in the development of gliflozins—the first drugs for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus that target the kidney—begins in ancient Greece, lands in a 19th-century apple orchard, and meanders through the small intestine. Along the way, researchers discovered membrane transport proteins that traffic glucose into gut and kidney cells—and ways in which their activity might be tempered.

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American Scientist @AmSciMag Nov 8, 2024

Slime molds thrive in a range of environments, displaying an unexpected beauty in a variety of forms and life cycle stages.

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The myxomycete species Badhamia utricularis is common in Europe and is often found occupying the surfaces of wood-rotting fungi and mushrooms. This closeup photo shows the interior of the sporangia, revealing the thready network of the capillitium, as well as clusters of black spores. Species in the genus Badhamia are also found in desert environments, living on rotting pads and stems of cacti and succulents.
Renato Cainelli