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Credit: CC0 Public Domain Urban agriculture is booming, but there’s often a hidden danger lurking in city soils: lead. A…
The State of California is banking on its forests to help reduce planet-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. But that…
By Matthew Sparkes DeepMind’s Gato may or may not be a major breakthrough for AIDeepMind DeepMind has released what it…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Virtually all marine life—fish, turtles, sharks, whales and more—depend on the marine food web for survival.…
Imagine that you have just arrived on a planet in another solar system. Suddenly, five minutes after you landed, you…
By Michael Le Page Monkeypox virus particles captured via a coloured transmission electron micrographUK HEALTH SECURITY AGENCY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY There…
A year has passed since the flood disaster in the Eifel region, where the flood damaged or destroyed over 100…
Forests can produce more timber or store more carbon if they contain a mixture of tree species, according to an…
The strong force or strong nuclear force is one of the four fundamental forces of nature, along with gravity, electromagnetism…
The dried-up Sobradinho dam in Bahia state in December 2015. The finding comes from a study reported by scientists from…
When researchers used sound to levitate stem cells, they found that the cells formed into spheres. The method could be…
By Grace Wade A 5-year-old child watches as her mother receives a covid-19 vaccineShutterstock/CJ GUNTHER/EPA-EFE Covid-19 vaccines for children under…
An analysis of fossilised faeces found near Stonehenge suggests the people who built the monument ate raw cattle organs and…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Videos of shark attacks are popular—some of Discovery’s “Shark Week” videos of sharks attacking cages or…
Antarctic krill form the biggest biomass swarms on Earth. “You can even see them from space,” says Alicia Burns, a…
A vegan diet is typically free from any animal-derived foods and that includes eggs, honey and dairy. Strict vegans may…
At sunrise on a summer day in Australia, about an hour’s drive from Sydney, we clambered northward along the base…
We already knew that bottlenose dolphins recognise each other through their signature whistles, but now it seems the taste of…
The Japanese city of Kyoto is famous for its cherry blossoms, which traditionally mark the start of spring, but climate…
David Attenborough and Hollywood talent combine in Prehistoric Planet documentary to conjure up dinosaurs as never before Comment 20 May…
The noise of motorboats over the Great Barrier Reef can stress its inhabitants, stunting the growth of young fish and…
Shown on a large computer screen is a Raman spectrum of uranium oxide particulates formed inside the team’s benchtop reaction…
Close your eyes. Cast your mind back to high school and a high-stakes moment in your most difficult course with…
Cats who suffered burns and smoke inhalation in urban California wildfires are at risk of forming deadly blood clots, according…
Some copepods, diminutive crustaceans with an outsized place in the aquatic food web, can evolve fast enough to survive in…
What are the best VR fitness apps and games? Between dedicated workouts to games which simply get you moving, we’ve…
CLIMATEWIRE | The African wild dog could be headed for a population crash because of how it’s adapting to climate…
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. A heat dome…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain At the heart of energy conversion, electrons and protons move in an intricate, coordinated dance. Chemists…