September 2026

Pollinator covered in pollen while visiting a flower during pollination

Watching Their Dust: Photographing Players in Pollination

Pollination can look almost invisible to the human eye. A bee lands on a flower, gathers food, moves to another bloom, and disappears into the landscape. The visit may last only a few seconds, yet during that brief moment, an important biological exchange can take place. For photographers and science enthusiasts, these tiny interactions offer

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Henrietta Lacks and HeLa cells in medical research

A Lesson From the Henrietta Lacks Story: Science Needs Your Cells

Scientific progress often begins with something incredibly small: a cell. Cells help researchers understand diseases, test medicines, study how the human body works, and develop new medical treatments. But behind many scientific discoveries are real people whose biological samples have contributed to research in ways they may never have expected. The story of Henrietta Lacks

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M1 iPad Pro with Apple M1 chip delivering powerful tablet performance

iPad Pro M1 Chip: Bringing The MacBook Pro Power

The iPad Pro has always been positioned as more than just a large-screen tablet. With the introduction of Apple’s M1 chip, that idea became much more convincing. The M1-powered iPad Pro brought desktop-class processing performance to a thin, lightweight device while keeping the flexibility that makes the iPad different from a traditional laptop. For professionals,

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Apple Sanlitun store in Beijing showcasing Apple's retail expansion in China

Apple opens another megastore in China amid William Barr criticism

Apple has continued to invest heavily in the Chinese market, even as the company faced criticism in the United States over its approach to doing business in China. One of the clearest examples came with the opening of a significantly expanded Apple Store in Beijing’s Sanlitun shopping district. The new store replaced Apple’s original Sanlitun

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Gravel-size gypsum crystals moving across a desert landscape through wind and sand

What Moves Gravel-Size Gypsum Crystals Around the Desert?

Deserts may appear quiet and motionless, but their surfaces are constantly being reshaped. Wind moves sand, dust travels across open areas, and loose mineral fragments can gradually shift from one place to another. Among these materials are gypsum crystals, which can sometimes grow large enough to reach gravel-like sizes. This raises an interesting question: what

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Hans Dehmelt, Nobel Prize-winning physicist who pioneered single-electron trapping

Hans Dehmelt, Nobel Laureate for Isolating Electrons, Dies at 94

What would it take to study a single electron? It sounds like a straightforward question, but for physicists, isolating one of the smallest known particles and observing its behavior is an extraordinary experimental challenge. Electrons are incredibly small, electrically charged and constantly influenced by their surroundings. For much of modern scientific history, researchers had to

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