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Fired former Jack Smith deputy running for Congress

J.P. Cooney, a former top deputy to ex-special counsel Jack Smith, launched a campaign on Wednesday as a Democrat for Congress in Virginia. “I’m running for Congress because never before in the history of our country has a president of the United States posed a graver threat

Root microbes could help oak trees adapt to drought

Microbes could help oak trees cope with environmental change. Publishing in Cell Host & Microbe, a study observing oaks growing in a natural woodland found that the trees' above- and below-ground microbiomes were resilient to drought, nutrient scarcity, and exposure to