Advances

Bird-strike-deterrent window films don’t work if they’re placed on the indoor side

Chloroplasts’ choreography keeps plant cells powered

If Martian microbes were like those in this Earth lagoon, they could have survived the Red Planet’s primordial desiccation

Researchers show how tiny Arctic foxes travel thousands of kilometers for space—revealing potential disease pathways

A new material was used in a simple snail robot, but it could one day make artificial nervous systems for more complex machines

Math is called the “universal language,” but a unique dialect is being reborn

A small, bizarre-looking fish found more than five miles under the sea is considered the deepest fish ever recorded

Our galaxy’s enormous scaffolding is shaped by complex magnetic fields

A microbial discovery could help guide the search for life beyond Earth

A mutant human influenza found in two dogs shows the importance of viral surveillance in companion animals

Millennia of a rodentlike animal’s urine preserve crucial data that could help scientists understand early humans’ leap forward

Just two genes get tiny synthetic cells moving, offering clues to life’s evolution