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Rats have their part of the blame, but climate change is the main threat.
We live in an economic world, and this book makes sense of it all.
Humpback whales have made an epic return.
Hands-on experiments will help us finally get to the bottom of this thing.
Tiny pollution particles have been discovered in brain samples, a finding described as "dreadfully shocking" by researchers.
It took two generations to bring this fossil to light.
It's eclipse season for the Solar Observatory
Invasive species - such as pigs, goats, rats and slugs - are destroying Hawaii's flora fast, a new IUCN report states.
While the situation of pandas is improving, the same can't be said about great apes.
A book that offers perspective, where perspective is needed.
Pictures from NASA's Dawn spacecraft seem to indicate that the dwarf planet was much more active than we thought.
Stanford engineers have developed cheap, low-cost textiles that can cool your body much more efficiently than existing clothes.
... and counting!
Some are surprising, some are dangerous -- but all amazing chemical reactions. Don't try this at home!
Modern archaeology is a lot like crime scene investigation.
A discussion of tremendous importance for the internet was taking place these days, although most of us weren't even aware of it.
The towering Brock Commons is the world's biggest structure made from wood.
After two large earthquakes with magnitudes over 4, the Katla volcano in Iceland seems set to erupt.
NASA's Juno shuttle will get closer to Jupiter than any other man-made structure.
Scientists have used a sonic technique to excite a man's neurons, effectively waking up a man from a coma.
Scientists showed that consistent global warming started in the 1830s.
This cute, self-powered octopus-like robot could be a game changer.
These truly are incredible times.
Counting microscopic particles is hard, but researchers from Russia and Australia believe they've found a way to make it easier.
Authorities and locals are searching for survivors.
The bad news is that the footprint is increasing fastest in the areas with the greatest biodiversity.
We might be the next to come.
The consequences are not known at the moment.
The entirety of its scientific work will be made public at no cost whatsoever.
Many users believe that smoking cannabis helps with sleeping, but science says otherwise.
The mausoleum was likely built for a local king more than three millennia ago.
The US lags behind all the developed world, and the situation in Texas is unmatched.
They started from scratch, using computational techniques to explore more than four trillion different chemical interactions.
If you thought driverless cars are part of a distant past, think again.
Polish astronomers have captured an incredibly rare event from start to finish: a white dwarf going nova.
Museum collections are riddled with valuable specimens.
Keeping food inside our bellies instead of the bin.
Scientists zoom in on your generosity, and it could help us understand psychopaths.
Anthropologists have shown that Mayan tablets of math and astronomy have been greatly underestimated.
Leftover food from the Olympic Village in Rio is being prepared by a group of international chefs and served to the poor.
Belemnites were extinct cephalopods with a squid-like body.
High winds and a low demand on a Sunday allowed Scottish windmills to generate 106% of the country's electricity demand.
Archaeologists working on top of a Greek mountain have made a sinister discovery.
It's perhaps the stinkiest cheese in the world right now, after molding at the bottom of a shipwreck for centuries.
A small tooth in a fecal sample confirms that the fierce predator ate its young.
The Perseids are taking place in this period, and this year promises to be an especially good one.
Social media analysis spots the real Trump twitting.
How did people get to America, and when? A new, 'pioneering and neat' study may have some answers.
Elon Musk has shown plenty of times in the past that he's not afraid to go a bit outside the box - or even a bit more.
Someone is celebrating St. Patrick's early this year.
