A total of 1,038 publicly available ocean microbial community genomes (metagenomes) were collected at 215 globally distributed sites. Credit: GEBCO,…
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Credit: University of Tennessee at Knoxville Understanding how birds respond to climate change is a critical area of research that…
The best treadmills can transform your home workout routine from a lacklustre schedule of push-ups and sit-ups to a comprehensive…
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have developed a novel treatment strategy that has the potential to bring the life-saving benefits…
Archaeology is fundamentally the study of humanity and its past. Archaeologists study things that were created, used or changed by…
A near-perfectly mummified, 30,000 year-old baby woolly mammoth has been unearthed from Canadian permafrost by a miner in the Klondike…
Even when cannabis is legalised, some users still prefer to stick with their usual illegal sources, which can be cheaper…
Doctors diagnosing monkeypox should be on the lookout for symptoms that don’t quite match the typical descriptions of the disease,…
Forest bathing, or shinrin-yoku in Japanese, means to soak in the forest through all of your senses. In practice, forest…
Credit: Wikipedia Global supply issues related to the pandemic and war in Ukraine have highlighted yet another global vulnerability: food…
Large-scale agriculture in the Brazilian Amazon. Credit: Erika Berenguer A major study into landscape changes in the Brazilian Amazon sheds…
African wild dog pups. Credit: Bobby-Jo Vial As climate change alters environments across the globe, scientists have discovered that in…
Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have found an alternative explanation for a mysterious gamma-ray signal coming from the…
CLIMATEWIRE | New policies established by the Federal Emergency Management Agency aimed at helping individuals qualify for disaster aid have…
Kids under five years old have just become the last age group made eligible for a COVID vaccine in the…
There are cells in the body known as pluripotent stem cells that are yet to specialize in a particular biological…
Four different Australopithecus crania that were found in the Sterkfontein caves, South Africa. The Sterkfontein cave fill containing this and…
This is a test detector image from the NIRISS instrument operated in its single-object slitless spectroscopy (SOSS) mode while pointing…
Staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis). Credit: Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5 In a 600-gallon tank overlooking Port Everglades, small pieces of brain…
In 2012, a shriveled white star in a nearby galaxy reached the end of its life and exploded in a…
Scientists at the University of Bristol have discovered that body size is more important than body shape in determining the…
Populations of Mediterranean monk seals began shrinking when seafaring civilisations expanded around the Mediterranean basin Life 24 May 2022 By…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover took this selfie at a location nicknamed “Mary Anning” after a 19th century English paleontologist. Curiosity…
If pimples are caused by oily skin, why doesn’t a good washing prevent all breakouts? A recent study offers an…
Since ancient times, our gut microbiome, home to a vast number of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other microorganisms, has been…
Forestry PhD candidate Melanie Sifton examines soil recovered from the Port Lands construction site. Credit: Geoffrey Vendeville, University of Toronto…
Editor’s Note (6/14/22): The current hearings on the January 6, 2021, insurrection, held by a U.S. House of Representatives committee,…
Seven hours is the ideal amount of sleep for people in their middle age and upwards, with too little or…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain What is the common thread among mRNA vaccines, genomic drugs, NASA’s mission to the moon and…
A stream of supercharged particles from the sun recently crashed into Earth with no prior warning. (Image credit: Shutterstock) (opens…