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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 race to replace the aging International Space Station is heating up after US company Vast announced a mission to fly an astronaut to its planned Haven-1 station next year.

Blurry light from lens imperfections is a problem everywhere, from microscopes to telescopes to smartphone cameras. Using a tiny yet carefully engineered optical element and artificial intelligence, ...

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a computation-guided strategy to produce urea more efficiently from carbon dioxide and nitrate. By combining large language ...

On a hot afternoon in California wine country, the sun can do more than warm a vineyard. It can scorch it. When temperatures ...

A fossil bed in northwestern China is littered with the remains of hundreds of prehistoric birds—including some whose broken bones were crushed into pellets, similar to those coughed up by modern owls ...

For years, remote work has been viewed as one of the most important drivers of employee satisfaction. New research suggests ...

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 ...