Phys.org

Fungal allies arm plant roots against disease by rewriting the rules of infection

Scientists have discovered that beneficial root-dwelling fungi boost plant resilience to disease by remodeling the plant cell membrane at pathogen infection sites—offering critical new insights into ...
Associated Press

Root finally scores an Ashes century for England in Australia and makes it a big one

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. England’s Joe Root celebrates his century during ...
The New York Times

The Ashes Briefing: Root scores his first century in Australia, but Starc torments England again

Mitchell Starc continued his fine wicket-taking form, while Joe Root celebrates his century Cameron Spencer/Getty Images; David Gray/AFP via Getty Images The Athletic has launched a Cricket WhatsApp ...
The New York Times

Joe Root, an Ashes century in Australia and the end of one of cricket’s silliest narratives

Joe Root departs the Gabba unbeaten on 135 at the end of the day's play Philip Brown/Getty Images The Athletic has launched a Cricket WhatsApp Channel. Click here to join. It really shouldn’t make any ...
Gizmodo

Humans Can Detect Buried Objects Without Touching Them, Study Finds

Recent research suggests that humans have a surprising ability—we can sometimes feel a physical object before making contact with it. In a study published this past October in the journal IEEE ...
Live Science

Law of 'maximal randomness' explains how broken objects shatter in the most annoying way possible

A new mathematical equation describes the distribution of different fragment sizes when an object breaks. Remarkably, the distribution is the same for everything from bubbles to spaghetti. When you ...