The new treaty will help to conserve wildlife in the high seas, such as the silky sharkSamuel J Coe/Moment RF/Getty…
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By analyzing poop from biblical-era toilets in Jerusalem, archaeologists have discovered the oldest known evidence of a tiny parasite that…
CLIMATEWIRE | LONDON — More than 250 million people faced severe hunger last year, with people in seven countries on the…
An artistic map showing the varying sea surface temperatures across the globe. (Image credit: Shutterstock)The chance of the ocean-warming event…
Humans have a way of understandings others’ goals, desires and beliefs, a crucial skill that allows us to anticipate people’s…
Water in California’s Central Valley contains enough manganese to cause cognitive disabilities and motor control issues in children, and Parkinson’s-like…
X-ray (over) and optical pseudo-color (below) images of three low mass clusters identified in the eFEDS survey data. The highest…
SUBSCRIBE: Apple | Spotify This is Episode Three of a four-part Fascination on vernal pools. You can listen to Episode One here and Episode Two…
Despite their name, microplastics are a gigantic player in pollution worldwide. These fibers, beads and fragments (defined as being less…
The salty current flooded into the South Atlantic via the Agulhas Leakage, which snakes around the tip of Africa. (Image…
Israel Sebastian/getty images HAVE you ever stopped to consider the technological marvel that is the humble kitchen sponge? Liquids tend…
Fibroblasts (centre) surround themselves with a fibrous matrix. Via special membrane proteins, they are able to sense mechanical stimuli from…
Bacteria are also able to communicate with each other through chemical signals, a behavior known as quorum signaling (QS). These…
Archaeologists in Maryland have unearthed the skeleton of a teenage boy who may have been an early colonist who voyaged…
Masks work. Especially respirator-style N95 masks. Amid an ongoing pandemic and outbreaks of influenza and RSV caused by airborne viruses,…
Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Reports Physical Science (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2023.101383 A team of international researchers led by Professor Cafer T.…
[]The spy balloon-like telescope was spotted above Chile on May 6. (Image credit: Erwin Enrique Sandoval)[]Over the last few weeks,…
Earlier this year in Indiana, day care director Tonya Rachelle Voris was fired and arrested for feeding melatonin supplements to…
A red-tailed hawk in the Koreatown section of Los Angeles. A UCLA-led study concluded that there would be dramatic loss…
A light micrograph of a brain organoidNIAID, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The study of tiny spheres of human…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Biodiversity is an essential factor for ecosystem health and productivity. The number of species in an…
A simulated black holeNASA Goddard Space Flight Center; background, ESA/Gaia/DPAC The following is an extract from our monthly Launchpad newsletter,…
CLIMATEWIRE | Never has a swamp white oak thrived in the Superior National Forest. The lower Great Lakes? Sure. Even Missouri…
Many animals have evolved to tolerate extreme environments, including being able to survive crushing pressures of ocean trenches, unforgiving heat…
For the second time, an experimental drug has been shown to reduce the cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s disease. On…
A hydrogen production plant in GermanyimageBROKER / Alamy Stock Photo Earth may contain vast overlooked stores of hydrogen gas. If…
A phosphate-regulating organelle has been discovered in animals for the first time. Until now, only bacteria, yeast and plants have…
The French psychiatrist Jacques-Joseph Moreau published a book called Hashish and Mental Illness in 1845, the same year that Scientific…
European coastal regions have a long history of interacting with sand dunes. Credit: CC0 via Pixabay The 200 million Europeans…
A wildlife photographer in Alaska caught two massive male grizzly bears on video in what he said was “the longest,…