October 19, 2026
Plants Make Ultrasonic Sounds Under Stress. What the Recordings Do—and Don’t—Tell Us
Tomato and tobacco plants recorded more airborne clicks when cut or short of water. The finding opens a new line…
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Biology
October 19, 2026
The Bacterium You Can See: How Thiomargarita magnifica Reached a Record Size
A threadlike bacterium found in Caribbean mangroves can grow to more than a centimeter long. Its unusual size and DNA-containing…
October 17, 2026
The Bacterium You Can See: How *Thiomargarita magnifica* Rewrote the Scale of Microbial Life
A single-celled bacterium from a Caribbean mangrove can grow long enough to see without a microscope. Its unusual size—and the…