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During armed conflicts in Latin America, state forces, insurgents, and paramilitaries systematically employed massacres, torture, abductions, and targ...
A new study published in Science is challenging long-held assumptions about how we measure genetic risk in endangered species. Researchers analyzed wh...
An international team of researchers has uncovered a remarkable molecular trick used by a unique group of land plants, one that could eventually be en...
Forest damage in Europe caused by wildfires, storms and bark beetle outbreaks is projected to increase compared to recent decades under all analyzed c...
Little Punch, a seven-month-old Japanese macaque living in the Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan, has captured hearts on the internet. Abandoned by his mothe...
Do the bones of all Nile crocodiles have the same number of growth marks as their age? And can such growth rings be counted to accurately gauge the ag...
Between 1347 and 1353, Europe was gripped by the most catastrophic pandemic in its history: the Black Death. Killing many millions, the plague wiped o...
Researchers at the University of Vienna have uncovered a surprising phenomenon: polymer chains with segments that simply fluctuate at different intens...
As a space scientist, every time I go outside with my family, I tell my children to look up at the sky. The front door of our home looks southeast, an...
The past three years have been the world's hottest on record by far, with 2025 almost tied with 2023 for second place. With that energy came extreme w...
Polypropylene and polyethylene are two durable and affordable plastics commonly used as packaging materials, snack wrappers, microwave containers, and...
From brightly colored textile dyes to persistent pesticides and antibiotics, many modern pollutants dissolved in water—such as Bisphenol A—resist trad...
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