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For once, human activity seems not to be the main cause -- but we need more data to make sure.
Over 230,000 deaths would have been avoided in 2018 with higher taxes on tobacco.
Zero-covid strategies worked until Omicron came. Now, everything's crumbling.
New research shows surprising similarities between grasshoppers and mammal teeth.
The tiny critters are ecosystem engineers, and it's helping them evade predators.
Starting from meager skin cells, scientists want to generate artificial northern white rhino eggs to replenish the population.
The odds are very low, but not zero.
There is a new record setter in town.
Many birds of prey are killed after they consume the meat of other animals shot by hunters with lead bullets.
The number of mutant plant varieties on the market is unknown.
... and there's a lot of litter to use.
Helping nature comes at no economic cost.
Things have changed quite a lot.
Ukraine's museums, artists and art lovers are fighting hard to protect their country's past, present, and future.
The country faces the highest official number of cases since Wuhan in 2020.
Nothing has been decided yet, but healthcare officials are taking this into consideration.
These ghastly insects are sometimes called "murder hornets" because they've killed dozens of people. Now entomologists want to weaponize sex against them.
It's one of the earliest example of a mammalian hyper-carnivore, which could teach us a lot about ancient elusive saber-toothed predators.
The insects, all male, will be released into the wild to mate with females. But not everyone's convinced it's a good idea.
Sliding into DMs with some unsolicited saucy bits? Well, not in the UK.
Structures providing energy to cells have a crucial role in vision.
This is the first war that is almost like a live-broadcast -- and the OSINT community is helping us make sense of it all.
Light is not your friend during the night. We'd be wise to shut it out.
Hotspots for insects identified in the study include New York, Chicago and Milwaukee
It's the worst of both worlds.
Emergency Department (ED) visits are frightening experiences because you never know what could happen next — and such stressing situations, being greeted by a four-legged loving fluffball could make it all much more bearable. In every given year, around one in five Americans end up in the ED at least once. Most cases involve individuals […]
Cleaning your home may carry more health risks than running your car indoors.
It's just one of many gut wrenching stories from Ukraine. Links on how to help are at the bottom of the page
This is a multi-faceted conflict that could shape the face of the world for many years to come.
Study finds more losers than winners among over 80,000 plant species.
Governments and companies want to start as quickly as possible. But scientists say it would be unwise.
This specimen pushes the history of squids, cuttlefish, and octopi back by over 80 million years.
Ants with minimal conditioning training were able to sniff out cancer with an accuracy comparable to canines.
A strikingly large number of big companies are leaving Russia. Here's who is doing it and why it matters.
Iron clouds, titanium rain, and a lot of nasty winds.
Maybe it's time to temper our enthusiasm.
Funding -- there's nothing quite like it to help you go to space again.
The project can supply round-the-clock solar and hydro power.
The Amazon people may hold the key to slow, healthy aging.
Eunice Foote was the first to discover that carbon dioxide traps heat in the atmosphere.
The test could become a standard procedure when patients visit their dentists for a routine cleaning.
If true, this could have major implications for physics.
It is effective against the coronavirus and a wide range of other disease-causing organisms.
The European Commission hopes to cut gas imports from Russia by about two-thirds this year.
The neonicotinoid, called thiamethoxam, was banned in 2018 in the European Union. Now, with Brexit, it could come back in the UK.
Risks of a new epidemic are virtually non-existent, but the public should still take steps to protect themselves.
It's the "finest wooden shipwreck I've ever seen," one marine archaeologist commented.
Potato varieties are notoriously hard to breed -- this research aims to fix that.
As Russian authorities try to control what information comes through, Russian internet users are trying to evade censorship.
Scientists found differences in brain scans before and after infection.
