Pete DeBoer’s earliest work is often his best work.

“I’m still in a text chain with all my high school friends. I remember texting them, ‘I’ve made it!'” she told Page Six.

A study using tiny retinas grown in a lab has revealed how subtle changes in a key growth-controlling protein can lead to a condition causing serious eye defects from birth. The findings, published in the journal Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)—Molecular Basis of Disease, shed new light on ocular coloboma, a rare congenital eye condition affecting about 1 in 5,000 births and responsible for roughly 10% of childhood blindness. Coloboma arises when a structure in the developing eye, the optic fissure, fails to close properly and often co-occurs with other tissue-fusion problems such as cleft lip and/or palate.

Tiny organisms on the ground—bacteria and fungi—have a "superpower" that allows them to reach up into the atmosphere and pull down the rain, according to a recent study.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Columbus Crew is encouraging children to stay in school by bringing the Crew excitement to them. Monday was the first collaboration of the Crew’s two education platforms – Stay in the Game and Soccer in Schools. Students at Imagine Columbus Primary Academy got to enjoy a pep rally with games [...]

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The Mets and Dodgers clash in a historic three-game series at Dodger Stadium, featuring a record-breaking $1.09 billion combined payroll including luxury tax penalties.

In a new study published in Nature Communications, a team of chemists has unveiled a radically simple way to attach a highly sought-after "molecular handle," known as the dichloromethyl group, onto complex compounds. Instead of relying on the aggressive, heavy-metal or radiation-heavy techniques of the past, the team used a common, naturally occurring amino acid called proline to gently choreograph the assembly.

The fighting in the Gulf and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz are holding back much of the fertilizer that will help grow the food needed to feed the world in the coming year.

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Hudson Crossing Park announced the return of its summer programming, available to all ages and abilities. "On the Canals" will offer a season of free inclusive excursions along the Champlain Canal.