Ari Daniel
Stories
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Sub-Saharan Africa reels from USAID cuts
Thousands of USAID contracts have been cut. African health leaders say the cuts aren't surprising. But the lack of advanced warning has turned the lives of the already vulnerable upside down.
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Ocean plant cell discovery might revolutionize farming
A new part of an ocean plant cell has been discovered that might revolutionize farming one day. The structure can take nitrogen and convert it into the ingredient that helps all organisms grow.
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An Algerian scientist splits his gaze between microbes and Mars
Searching for small fossils in big rocks requires specialized tools --tools that scientists could also use to look for evidence of life on Mars in rocks that may be similar on both planets.
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Meet the neuroscientist looking for whale and dolphin brains along Brazil's coastline
Neuroscientist Kamilla Souza is bringing the study of whale and dolphin brains to her home country of Brazil. Now there's a team of Brazilian scientists intent on understanding the marine mammals.
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Why maggots love feeding on rotten food
Maggots love to feed on decaying fruit. New research explains how they found this out and the implications for having texture be such a big deal.
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What happens if someone who is HIV-positive stops taking anti-retroviral meds?
The new administration's freeze on foreign aid (affecting America's sweeping anti-HIV initiative PEPFAR) has raised concerns about the dispersal of the pills taken daily by those who are HIV positive.
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Maggots associate the texture of a food with how tasty it is, research shows
Some creatures — like maggots — love to feed on decaying fruit. New research shows that they associate the texture of food with how tasty it is, too. So how did researchers figure that out?
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Assessing Trump's claim that U.S. pays 'unfair' share of dues to WHO
While signing the order to end U.S. membership in the World Health Organization, the President spoke of the disparity between contributions from the U.S. and China. Here's how WHO funding works.
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Ancient Celtic tribe had women at its social center
Ancient DNA reveals that during the Iron Age, women in ancient Celtic societies were at the center of their social networks — unlike previous eras of prehistory.
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Kangaroo species went extinct in the Pleistocene. Research hops in with a possible explanation.
In a mass extinction event some 40,000 years ago, Australia lost 90% of its large species, including nearly two dozen kinds of kangaroos. Two theories suggest why.
