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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 ...
“During exercise […] it seems likely that the stimulus of physical activity creates a heightened associative state of impulse ...
C hemicals in furniture and children’s toys could impact the quality of your sleep. New research shows that chemicals hidden ...
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: ...
“We have demonstrated, for the first time worldwide, that CRISPR-Cas9 can be used to incorporate a desired sequence into ...
I t’s a chore many dread but the science suggests most of us should be washing our bedding more often. Experts advise ...
The new research shows how light would have spilled into the Parthenon's doorway at specific times of the year, which would ...
Mice whose MTCH2 proteins were silenced, or deleted, developed increased athletic capacity – they grew more muscle fibers, ...
It’s quite remarkable that a class of animals that turn up their toes at a bit of pollution could survive the asteroid strike ...
Scientists now have a new approach to study never-before-seen quantum phenomena. Physicists from the Massachusetts Institute ...