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It's an approach employed by several different species.
The world's richest promised "meaningful and effective actions" to curb climate change -- but we've heard promises before.
We tend to forget how important and healthy it is to just spend some time by ourselves.
If it weren't for the federal government spending on extra unemployment benefits and stimulus checks, this last recession would have been much worse.
With the ongoing pandemic, climate change has been left in the background.
Sometimes, we just have to keep grinding down on those deadlines. Researchers can help with that.
Nothing actually new under the sun, but the new designation aims to clear a lot of confusion surrounding the human family tree.
If no action is taken to address antibiotic resistance, infections from multidrug-resistant bacteria could cause 10 million deaths each year by 2050.
The planet's innermost layer is more like a soup than a brick.
We need to start being better stewards of the planet -- or pay the price.
How much do we have to worry about the new "Delta plus" strain?
In a remote area of Brazil, capuchin monkeys have been adapting their own stone tools for thousands of years.
Sensory adaptation follows the same response curve across all organisms, scientists have proposed in a new study.
The pandemic is far from over.
Nobody likes surgery -- antibiotics can help with that!
It could help protect the environment while giving us the same experience as a regular cup of coffee.
From below the water's surface, swimming humans may look like food -- especially to great white juvenilles.
It would travel faster and farther than any man-made object we've made thus far.
Over the course of generations, humans have selected dogs that were better at communicating their feelings.
The lack of "normal" interaction with friends and family and missing out on opportunities were among the largest issues.
We're yet to learn our lessons from the pandemic, and we haven't really started working together.
Turns out, incentivizing people to eat out wasn't the way to go.
It's always a good idea to catch up on your sleep.
Just months after completing its first human space flight, Blue Origin has announced plans to build and operate a new space station to be operational by the late 2020s. The timeline is ambitious since the company has yet to put a manned flight in orbit, but Blue Origin swears by its plan. Coined “Orbital Reef,” […]
The prayer roll is one of only a few dozen of its kind still in existence, and it sheds new light on Christian practices at the time.
For decades, most of the world ignored bacteriophage treatments. But the Soviets didn't.
The architecture of over 400 sites, built over a period of 2,000 years, has been revealed.
These lemurs' songs have the same rhythm as the intro to We Will Rock You.
The high-resolution image shows chinks in the bacteria’s armor that could ultimately be used to destroy them.
While the country may not reach full vaccination by the end of the year, it's definitely making progress.
It's by no means perfect just yet, but the results are very encouraging.
Just like ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell -- Total also knew. They just chose to ignore it.
Hormonal contraceptives can alleviate acne and even reduce the risk of cancer, among other things.
Females are passing on a mutated gene.
It's another biomarker that makes each individual unique.
The environment changed faster than the mammoths could adapt at the end of the last Ice Age.
Two microphones are helping us explore the Red Planet acoustically.
We may be stuck with yearly COVID-19 waves from now on. But understanding patterns can help us be better prepared for it.
The La Plata Basin is facing an extreme drought since 2019.
Climate change is not just about the environment -- it's about the economy and security.
We still don't know how long the immunity lasts, but this is excellent news.
Fear and stress caused Americans to buy more guns than ever -- and we all know where that gets us.
An idea that could make a difference.
If you needed another reason to get a vaccine, here it is.
One of the two remaining females has been retired from the assisted breeding programme.
The pristine fossil fills huge gaps in the fossil record, explaining how early crabs left the ocean for land.
It's one of the biggest medical breakthroughs we've seen.
We should all be extra careful with what type of sunscreen you use.
The wooden cutlery could prove a sustainable alternative to steel and ceramic knives.
These early tamed horses became so successful they replaced all other populations throughout Eurasia in just a few hundred years.
