Focus on Arts and Ecology

Radar images reveal clues to the history of a largely unexplored region. By Smriti Mallapaty, 27 September 2022A radar on Zhurong can penetrate the surface to a depth of 100 metres.Credit: Xinhua/ShutterstockChina’s Zhurong rover has peered deep under the surface of Mars, finding evidence of two major floods that probably shaped the region the robot has been exploring since it landed in May 2021.An analysis published in Nature today1 is

Silphion cured diseases and made food tasty, but Emperor Nero allegedly consumed the last stalk. Now, a Turkish researcher thinks he’s found a botanical survivor. BYTARAS GRESCOEPHOTOGRAPHS BYALICE ZOOILLUSTRATIONS BYNIRUPA RAOVIDEO BYGEORGE SELLEY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2022Professor Mahmut Miski cups a handful of flowering Ferula drudeana near Mount Hasan in central Turkey. The scholar of plant medicine believes the species is silphion,