Asher Jones
Reporter, Life Sciences and Physical Sciences
@AsherGJonesAsher Jones, based in Arlington, Virginia, covers Life Sciences and Physical Sciences for The Academic Times. Prior to that, Asher was an intern at The Scientist and an AAAS Mass Media fellow at Voice of America. She has a Ph.D in Entomology from Penn State University.
Bees delivered less pigment — a proxy for pollen — to flowers across roads than to flowers on the same side, suggesting that streets and highways may act as barriers to pollination.
Infants exposed to higher levels of nicotine that lingers on surfaces and in the air had different gut bacteria than babies with lower exposure, a study found.
Leaf litter decomposition rates were higher in pastures with both cattle and ants than on plots with either or both animal groups excluded, according to researchers who say these findings could inform better management of grassland ecosystems.
Crucial components of magnets, batteries and other technologies, lanthanides disrupt important cellular pathways in yeast, but to varying degrees, according to a new study that dug into the toxicity of these widely used metals.
The California condor, a critically endangered vulture that was once extinct in the wild, has unexpectedly high genetic diversity, according to researchers who say this increases the birds' chance of adapting to climate change and other anthropogenic modifications to the environment.
Biomarkers in expectant women’s blood change throughout pregnancy, according to a new study that lays the groundwork for a test that could pinpoint the date of a baby’s arrival.
Animals aren’t picky when it comes to mating with kin, according to researchers who say their findings challenge the widely accepted view that animals steer clear of inbreeding.