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The quest to identify a new way to potentially counter one of the world's most widely discussed solar geoengineering ...

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School of Biological Sciences researcher Dr. Ben Crichton has studied kōkopu—whitebait species that can live for 10 years or ...

Financial markets are blind to the economic costs of biodiversity loss, leaving several countries at risk of defaulting on ...

It is generally accepted by archaeologists that modern humans originated in Africa and dispersed worldwide, while other ...

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The nanoscale world appears to have a new ball to kick around. Researchers from Brown University have shown the first ...

When kids watch cartoons, they're absorbing much more than a plot. Thanks to the use of foreign accents in shows, they're ...

From melodic morning choruses to territorial songs that echo through forests and grasslands, birds rely on vocalizations to ...