A trawler in the Southern OceanShutterstock A treaty that will protect areas of the largely lawless high seas from fishing…
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Dallas is discharging less greenhouse gas than it did a decade ago, according to a newly released environmental report from…
Our species, Homo sapiens, has been evolving for more than 300,000 years, but the story of human origins starts much…
Lithium-ion batteries could eventually last longerShutterstock/Bokeh Art Photo It may be possible to extend the life of lithium-ion batteries using…
Under the Great Salt Lake playa lies a potentially vast reservoir of pressurized freshwater that has accumulated over thousands of…
Scientists may have finally pinned down the nature of some of the most baffling objects in the night sky.In a…
The Sawa residential building in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, is made from woodHollandse Hoogte/Shutterstock Cities must reduce greenhouse gas emissions from…
Researchers at National Taiwan University reveal that combined exposure to polystyrene nanoplastics and the preservative butylparaben, at a level considered…
The U.S. federal government just released a new version of the food pyramid, along with a recommendation that Americans eat…
The Stabian Baths, one of the bathhouses first built by the Samnites in PompeiiIcas94/De Agostini via Getty Images A trip…
Floridians were enraged last summer when a viral video showed men offshore Panama City capturing a giant manta ray, a…
An ancient tomb discovered in Turkey may have been made for a member of the family of the legendary King…
The four crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space StationSpaceX For the first time, astronauts are…
Charophytes are extremely beneficial to lakes, improving water quality and biodiversity. However, their abundance was found to decline in many…
This week’s science news was all about discoveries made by the world’s best telescopes, as the James Webb Space Telescope…
Trees floating towards the Arctic OceanCarl Christoph Stadie/The Alfred Wegener Institute Cutting down swathes of boreal forest and sinking the…
With an estimated 30–40% of the United States’ food supply ending up as waste, according to the U.S. Food and…
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have just spotted a new type of celestial object: Cloud-9, a starless, gas-rich cloud…
Exercise can form part of an effective treatment for depressionNeil Lang/Shutterstock Many of us experience a mood-boost after exercise, and…
Family members of prisoners experience a form of incarceration themselves through strict rules, surveillance and emotional regulation imposed during visits,…
The patient: A 35-year-old man in IranThe symptoms: The man visited a urology clinic in a hospital and described discomfort…
Ancient humans taking on an elephant – our ancestors may have begun butchering the animals 1.8 million years agoNATURAL HISTORY…
Researchers at the University of St Andrews have uncovered a long‑elusive molecular “reshuffle,” a breakthrough that tackles one of chemistry’s…
The U.S. federal government has rewritten its childhood vaccine schedule, reducing the number of shots universally recommended to kids 18…
Is it an asteroid or an alien in Van Jensen’s Godfall?Shutterstock / Vadim Sadovski Welcome to January, a month when…
Algae is a ubiquitous feature in waterways throughout the globe, including western North America. Slippery, green epilithic algae is a…
Of the more than 600 million cats across the globe, less than 10% belong to a specific breed. But are…
Sahelanthropus fossils (centre) compared with a chimpanzee (left) and a human (right)Wiliams et al., Sci. Adv. 12, eadv0130 A long-running…
A new study reveals that bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment through two fundamentally different “shutdown modes,” not just the classic…
A new mRNA treatment rejuvenates key immune cells in the body, which could help them fight off infections and cancer,…