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Residents in informal settlements in Lagos—who are among the most vulnerable to climate change—have developed sophisticated, ...

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The most distant, nearly invisible dormant black hole has been detected and "weighed" by an international team of astronomers ...

Ozone pollution has worsened in much of the continental United States over the past decade, fueled by wildfires and the ...

Understanding the nature of human cooperation" arrives at a clear result: 69% of study participants chose to cooperate. At ...

Researchers in Japan have created some of the world's smallest semiconducting nanotubes, structures 100,000 times thinner ...

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Mangrove forests, once considered one of the world's most threatened coastal ecosystems, are showing signs of recovery ...