Reading the enemy: How genome science is reshaping the fight against wheat stem rust

• In 2013, farmers in the highlands of Ethiopia began to notice something unsettling: a familiar variety of wheat was failing in an unfamiliar way. • Stems weakened, plants collaps

Science · February 23, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 171 words

Q&A: How the 'science of reading' is reshaping literacy education

• Stanford Professor Rebecca Silverman discusses a transformative movement backed by research that is changing literacy instruction in schools nationwide. • After decades of debate

Science · February 20, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 122 words