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Reading Thoreau probably inspired some people to become climate scientists; now his observations could bolster their work.
The move is part of the Trump administration’s aim to fix what it views as issues with the nation’s food supply.
S ir David Attenborough’s latest film OCEAN includes chilling footage of trawling from a point-of-view never seen before: the animals in its path. Cephalopods and rays can be seen fleeing the wall of ...
I t’s a chore many dread but the science suggests most of us should be washing our bedding more often. Experts advise ...
C hemicals in furniture and children’s toys could impact the quality of your sleep. New research shows that chemicals hidden ...
Scientists now have a new approach to study never-before-seen quantum phenomena. Physicists from the Massachusetts Institute ...
“We have demonstrated, for the first time worldwide, that CRISPR-Cas9 can be used to incorporate a desired sequence into ...
It’s one of the Pacific Northwest’s most active volcanoes – but there’s a good reason you’ve probably not heard of it before: ...
The world’s oldest wooden spears were probably made by Neanderthals around 200,000 years ago and used to annihilate entire ...
It’s quite remarkable that a class of animals that turn up their toes at a bit of pollution could survive the asteroid strike ...
C ritically endangered species often exist in small fragmented populations. These can be separated by oceans or mountain ...
The team behind the new study has been working with a material made of potassium, vanadium, and antimony (KV₃Sb₅), which is ...