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Tropical forests and coral reefs are buckling under interacting threats

When it rains, it pours.

How Liverpool FC is using data science to dominate British Premier League

The Reds are tracking data and trends to dominate the pitch.

Wooden buildings could help stabilize the climate

It all depends on where we get the timber, though.

Shifts in melting patterns pose new problems for Pine Island glacier

Antarctica's largest glacier is melting in new ways.

Flash-baking waste could make for stronger concrete and protect the environment

If it has carbon, this research team is interested in baking it to a crisp.

It's not just hotter days: global warming is affecting wine production

Adaptation strategies could still reduce the losses

Coronavirus updates: Germany confirms first case, 5 million leave Wuhan, hospital construction accelerates

The Wuhan novel coranavirus is spreading outside China with each passing day.

Butterfly wings are alive and double as hi-tech sensors

Nanostructures on the butterfly's wings are especially designed to protect living tissue inside them. This could inspire engineers to design more efficient heat shields.

How albatrosses could help fight illegal fishing

We may have some unlikely allies in the fight against illegal fishing -- and we need all the help we can get.

Second positive case of Wuhan coronavirus confirmed in Toronto

The Wuhan novel coronavirus has now reached Canada. Health workers are investigating 19 other cases in the province.

Blue-collar workers face the highest risk of suicide in the US, report shows

Almost 38.000 people committed suicide in 2017, 40% more than two decades ago

Inferno 'ultra-hot Jupiter' is the hottest planet in the universe

This planet's surface is hotter than some stars.

Sea level rise could displace 13 million Americans by 2100

"We hope this research will empower urban planners and local decision-makers to prepare to accept populations displaced by sea-level rise."

Five cases of coronavirus now confirmed in the US

All patients had traveled from Wuhan, where the disease originally started

How neuro-symbolic AI might finally make machines reason like humans

It combines the raw processing power of neural networks with human-like concept recognition.

Of brides and men: how the search for a spouse creates social structures

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”

Drought and human expansion are driving the platypus extinct

One of the world's most unique mammals is heading for extinction.

Green policy leaders awarded 'Nobel Prize for Environment'

Can you put a price on nature? Turns out, quantifying ecosystems is essential to modern-day policy.

The new coronavirus spread can spread before any symptoms are visible

The fact that the virus is contagious during its incubation period is concerning

Coronaviruses: what they are, and should you worry

Key questions and answers on the coronaviruses.

New stretchable battery is ideal for wearable electronics

The battery uses a solid polymer as the electrolyte and can provide a constant power output even when stretched to twice its original length.

Trump's "fake news" war might actually make journalists more credible

Trump's "fake news" strategy might actually backfire.

Massive locust swarms hit East Africa

Extreme weather has fueled a plague of millions of desert locust

UK researchers accuse WHO of spreading 'blatant misinformation' about e-cigarette safety

British researchers say that e-cigs are 95% harmful than regular cigarettes and refute a WHO report claiming that vaping should be avoided entirely.

China to build coronavirus hospital in a week, while Wuhan still on lockdown

Chinese authorities are still struggling to contain the outbreak.

China releases more stunning images of the dark side of the moon

Eye candy from the moon.

This is what the voice of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy sounds like

Scientists have resurected the voice of an ancient Egyptian priest.

Trade was thriving in Neolithic Italy, isotope study shows

Ancient Italians were importing copper from Tuscany, a new study shows.

An introduction to man-made climate change

It's a big problem, for sure, but we're big problem solvers.

The recipe for a carbon-neutral UK? Less meat, more trees and peatland

Major changes in the way land is used should be implemented

Ancient viruses discovered in a 15,000-year-old glacier

Many unknown pathogens might lie inside the ice.

Scientists plot incredibly detailed 3D map of the fruit fly's brain wiring

It's like a Google Maps of the brain.

A new "ghost lineage" of humans found in Africa

DNA analysis shows a 'profoundly different' landscape than we thought.

New Chinese coronavirus may have come from snakes, through food markets

The dreaded coronavirus which is causing a pandemic may have come from snakes.

Venom-producing snake organs developed in the lab

This could save millions of lives.

Gravitational waves have scientists searching for answers

What's a good way to baffle astronomers? Send a 14 millisecond gravitational wave signal. At least that's what the Universe did.

Scientists record video of atoms forming chemical bonds in real time

It's the first time that footage of atoms bonding and separating has been recorded.

You've been brewing espresso the wrong way this whole time, mathematicians say

It's the study you never knew you had to read.

Astrophysicists find more evidence of ‘wandering’ black holes

New research has uncovered the presence of at least thirteen ‘wandering’ black holes in dwarf galaxies. Something, that until recently was not believed possible.

China unveils plan to crack down on single-use plastics

Production, sale and use of plastic products will be restricted in China

Tropical sharks are using their fins to walk

It's evolution in the making.

A "blob" of hot water killed a million seabirds in the Pacific, researchers found

Warmer water affected the food source of the seabirds

Plants can easily absorb lead from solar cells

The study raises important question for using solar cells and plants on the same field.

Are We in The Era of Plant-Based Politics?

Is veganism a ... religion?

What will the Mars 2020 rover be called? You decide

You can choose out of 9 potential names proposed by school kids from all over the country.

Sign languages evolve just like spoken languages

Spanish sign languages seem to be among the oldest in Europe.

A huge asteroid might have ended the "Snowball Earth" era 2.2 billion years ago

Earth's oldest impact crater reveals new secrets from a strange time when the planet was almost entirely covered in ice.

That mysterious China virus? It's reached Washington

Authorities have been caught off guard by the spreading of a pneumonia-like virus from China into the US.

Martian water was mineral-rich and salty -- good hints of habitability

The seas on Mars might have been much like those on Earth.

Your old air-conditioning might be causing the Arctic to melt

However, there's a good side to all of this.