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Soils are home to some of the most diverse animal communities on Earth. These animals—including nematodes, springtails, mites, earthworms, spiders and...
A new study shows that a single radioactive cloud was responsible for a large share of the nuclear fallout during the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disast...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover recently took a self-portrait against a sweeping backdrop of ancient Martian terrain at a location the science team cal...
Oil and natural gas are vital constituents of our energy ecosystem that need to be transported across long distances. Although steel pipelines are the...
Human childbirth is commonly viewed as uniquely difficult and dangerous. The reason: The combination of bipedalism and large brains creates a tight fi...
Proteins do most of the work in our body's cells. But when a protein is too active or does not function properly, it can lead to disease or other heal...
Many creams and serums contain artificial ingredients that are harmful to the environment. Natural plant oils would be more sustainable but are diffic...
What if fog isn't just misty air, but a living ecosystem? This question hung over cloud researcher Thi Thuong Thuong Cao. As a Ph.D. student at Arizon...
Cornell astronomers are deploying a new instrument that grants them, for the first time, a better view of the universe's earliest galaxies, which can'...
Educators should teach students how to use AI tools but with an emphasis on the ethics, social impact, and potential biases of the tech, experts said...
The widespread hypothesis that climate warming will result in unprecedented agricultural pest populations and cause food insecurity worldwide is overs...
Although about half of primate species play as adults with other adults, a team of international researchers has just unlocked a key factor in the rea...
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