"Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative," wrote H. G. Wells. This principle—that survival requires ...

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Since the 1950s, humanity has been searching for extraterrestrial life with increasingly sophisticated tools. But after ...

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A new study has revealed that successful environmental restoration is dependent on bridging the gap between ecological ...

One of the most elegant theories about the origins of life on our planet is that it was kick-started by a delivery from outer ...

Researchers from the Center for Food Policy at City St George's, University of London and Scotland's Rural College have set ...

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In a study published in Physical Review Letters, physicists have demonstrated that black holes satisfy the third law of ...

Speed matters. When an X-ray photon excites an atom or ion, making a core electron jump onto a higher energy level, a ...

Have you ever seen a dog focused on nuzzling their expensive treat under a blanket, behind a couch cushion, or into a freshly ...

On Heard Island, a remote Australian subantarctic island some 4,000 km southwest of Perth, scientists were concerned after ...