Researchers have found evidence that "marine snow" -- aggregates of organic material floating in water bodies -- may act as microscopic, island-like refuges for pathogens, or disease-causing organisms ...
Yuji Agematsu, "Zip: 01-01-2024–12-31-2024," Detail, mixed media in cigarette pack cellophane wrapper (all photos Reggie Shiobara; all images courtesy the artist ...
Detritus (pronounced duh-TRY-tus) in its earliest sense meant the fragments left from the disintegration of rocks. The word descends into English from the Latin detritus, a noun formed from the verb ...