Where Your Watermelon Came From

“We are really confident in saying this is the closest relative,” Dr. Chomicki said. The Kordofan melon and the modern watermelon most likely arose from a long-ago wild melon, the results suggest. Farmers would have realized this melon was sweeter than others and bred it into new, tasty varieties. Researchers still don’t know, however, who…

When a Good First Impression Lingers

When Christine Sun and Michael Hurwitz first encountered each other, at a party hosted by the University of Virginia business school in 2015, they talked for a few minutes and both came away from the conversation a little surprised. Ms. Sun, who was beginning her second year at the university’s law school, couldn’t really make…