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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is again under the spotlight after this year's forest fires
Tasty science: researchers tested 56 broths, and a few of them showed antimalarial properties in vitro, interrupting the lifecycle of the most deadly of the malarial parasites, Plasmodium falciparum.
The koloa's genome is well expressed and diverse -- which is good news for many other species in Hawaii and beyond.
Doctors say this is a cautionary tale for everyone who uses feather duvets
The teeth were in perfect health when they were drilled for ornamentation purposes more than 8,000 years ago.
The new insight could lead to better cochlear implants.
We should do more with less. Nature needs it.
This month alone, two of the US largest coal plants shut down.
Titan is a lot like the Earth... except it's nothing like the Earth.
"There's an app for that" has never been more relevant.
California says it won't buy any cars from GM, Toyota, or any car manufacturers that don't implement strict emission standards.
Pulling billions out of poverty and stabilizing climate change aren't necessarily at odds.
Researchers found that the Zika virus interrupts the growth of the brain by taking control of a pathway that regulates the generation of new neurons.
You’ve seen the Impossible Whopper, but does this mean we’ll have cultured meat in supermarkets soon?
Venice is facing dramatic the worst floods in over 50 years.
Astronomers have identified a runaway star travelling at an incredible 6 million kilometres per hour, ejected by the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy 5 million years ago.
The underground nuclear test was 17 times more powerful than the bomb dropped by the US over Hiroshima at the end of WWII.
The mystery of how complex carbon molecules--buckyballs-- came to be detected in interstellar space may have been solved.
Facebook's recent policy changes makes it harder for legitimate pro-vaccine sources to publish ads while anti-vaccine groups bend the rules.
In Chile, protesters are using lasers en masse to bring down hapless police drones. Videos of Chilean protesters bringing down police drones using nothing but green laser pointers have been hitting social media since Wednesday, attracting quite a large helping of attention. Still, how is it possible for what are essentially toy lasers to bring […]
It really feels like a genuine object.
Dogs can do a world of good for you, new study emphasizes.
Fingers crossed.
Approximately 4.2 million adults will die as a result of diabetes and its complications in 2019
More than 85% of the city has been affected by the high tides which have been linked to climate change.
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It takes money to make digital money.
The last bastion of ice in the Arctic is not that stable after all.
Thailand is one of the countries that pump the most plastic into the ocean.
Researchers have used ground-penetrating radar to find overlapping tracks from 12,000 years ago.
The Princess Elisabeth is the only base there with no emissions
At long last!
Oxygen is rising and falling with the seasons unpredictably.
Can we add another entry to the list of things millennials have killed?
The culprit is a substance called Vitamin E acetate, and it can be traced back to counterfeit e-cigs.
A treasure trove of fossilized dinosaur and bird feathers has been recovered in Australia. In ages long past, however, these animals lived beyond the southern polar circle. The finding is particularly exciting as feathered dinosaur fossils, while definitely famous, are relatively rare and found in few locations worldwide. Fossils from Southern Hemisphere originating from feathered […]
Most populous state already declared a state of emergency
The worst hurricanes are now three times as frequent now than 100 years ago
While we're still in a good place, we've been steadily going under.
Concussions have been linked to severe and irreversible brain damage. Children, whose brains are still developing, may be particularly vulnerable to such injuries when playing contact sports like tackle football or lacrosse.
In a landmark decision, regulators in the UK have opened the door for CBD-based drugs.
This is the earliest known physical evidence of insect pollination.
Like many countries, Germany had a questionable tampon tax.
The adorable-looking fanged critter has been rediscovered in Vietnam after it was presumed extinct for three decades.
I know you hate them, but hear us out.
Ancient Egyptians believed the Nile was eternal -- and they may have been on to something.
The CBD hype has taken the world by storm, but it's also moving faster than the science is.
They might be viewed as a healthier alternative, but they're not.
In today's digital age, not having internet access can encroach on a person's freedome of speech and other basic human rights.
The country seeks to reduce to zero all its greenhouse gases by 2050 - except methane
