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Is Instagram making the great outdoors more crowded? Not as much as you might suspect

Is Instagram making the great outdoors more crowded? Not as much as yo...

2 years ago 486

How fast are Arctic glaciers melting? Engineers explored the north with a robot and cameras to find out

How fast are Arctic glaciers melting? Engineers explored the north wit...

2 years ago 554

Many Wordle users cheat to win, says mathematics expert

Many Wordle users cheat to win, says mathematics expert

2 years ago 499

Research team develops new way to target cancer cells

Research team develops new way to target cancer cells

2 years ago 502

Researcher detect a Roman-period cranial tumor case

Researcher detect a Roman-period cranial tumor case

2 years ago 426

Glaciers are becoming smaller and disappearing, finds new inventory

Glaciers are becoming smaller and disappearing, finds new inventory

2 years ago 467

Beyond Bennu: How OSIRIS-REx is helping scientists study the sonic signature of meteoroids

Beyond Bennu: How OSIRIS-REx is helping scientists study the sonic sig...

2 years ago 458

Q&A: Bullying—how can we stop it, or, even better, prevent it?

Q&A: Bullying—how can we stop it, or, even better, prevent it?

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Naming and shaming can be effective to get countries to act on climate, study shows

Naming and shaming can be effective to get countries to act on climate...

2 years ago 429

Wind energy projects in North America are more likely to be opposed by white, wealthy communities, finds study

Wind energy projects in North America are more likely to be opposed by...

2 years ago 461

Heat extremes in the soil are underestimated, according to new study

Heat extremes in the soil are underestimated, according to new study

2 years ago 487

Exploring the existence of life at 125°F

Exploring the existence of life at 125°F

2 years ago 436

Q&A: How extreme weather impacts fall foliage

Q&A: How extreme weather impacts fall foliage

2 years ago 405

Okefenokee Natl. Wildlife Refuge to be nominated as World Heritage Site

Okefenokee Natl. Wildlife Refuge to be nominated as World Heritage Sit...

2 years ago 493

First increase in rhino numbers in Africa since 2012, monitor says

First increase in rhino numbers in Africa since 2012, monitor says

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Novel plant pathogen discovered on world's northernmost island

Novel plant pathogen discovered on world's northernmost island

2 years ago 456

South African hominin fossils were sent into space and scientists are enraged

South African hominin fossils were sent into space and scientists are ...

2 years ago 559

How ducks, geese and swans see the world—and why this puts them at risk in a changing environment

How ducks, geese and swans see the world—and why this puts them at ris...

2 years ago 448

Transposons: From 'selfish' genes to key elements in biological processes

Transposons: From 'selfish' genes to key elements in biological proces...

2 years ago 549

Ocean acidification research is robust despite ebbs and flows, study finds

Ocean acidification research is robust despite ebbs and flows, study f...

2 years ago 539

James Webb Space Telescope's first spectrum of a TRAPPIST-1 planet

James Webb Space Telescope's first spectrum of a TRAPPIST-1 planet

2 years ago 449

Natural evolutionary strategy boosts quantum computing performance

Natural evolutionary strategy boosts quantum computing performance

2 years ago 538

How can the use of plastics in agriculture become more sustainable?

How can the use of plastics in agriculture become more sustainable?

2 years ago 564

Newly discovered deep-sea enzyme breaks down PET plastic

Newly discovered deep-sea enzyme breaks down PET plastic

2 years ago 492

Scientists discover a new way to test for life on Mars

Scientists discover a new way to test for life on Mars

2 years ago 483

Modeling of adhesive technology sheds new light on prehistoric cognition

Modeling of adhesive technology sheds new light on prehistoric cogniti...

2 years ago 483

Targeted nanotherapy: Fluorescence-guided photoimmunotherapy to manage peritoneal carcinomatosis

Targeted nanotherapy: Fluorescence-guided photoimmunotherapy to manage...

2 years ago 520

New research reveals extreme heat likely to wipe out humans and mammals in the distant future

New research reveals extreme heat likely to wipe out humans and mammal...

2 years ago 479

Five factors that assess well-being of science predict support for increasing US science funding

Five factors that assess well-being of science predict support for inc...

2 years ago 469

Solid-state NMR unveils fluoride ion channel permeation mechanism

Solid-state NMR unveils fluoride ion channel permeation mechanism

2 years ago 463

Inspired by butterfly wings, researchers develop a soft, color-changing system for optical devices

Inspired by butterfly wings, researchers develop a soft, color-changin...

2 years ago 440

New low-density exoplanet discovered with TESS

New low-density exoplanet discovered with TESS

2 years ago 488

Scientists develop nanomaterials using a bottom-up approach

Scientists develop nanomaterials using a bottom-up approach

2 years ago 462

Cross-species virus transmission found in several species of small furry animals

Cross-species virus transmission found in several species of small fur...

2 years ago 492

New study refutes origin claim involving Bronze Age tin ingots recovered from shipwreck

New study refutes origin claim involving Bronze Age tin ingots recover...

2 years ago 477

Scientists observe Hubbard exciton in strongly correlated insulators

Scientists observe Hubbard exciton in strongly correlated insulators

2 years ago 550

Major asteroid sample brought to Earth in NASA first

Major asteroid sample brought to Earth in NASA first

2 years ago 462

After summer's extreme weather, more Americans see climate change as a culprit, AP-NORC poll shows

After summer's extreme weather, more Americans see climate change as a...

2 years ago 520

NASA's first asteroid samples land on Earth after release from spacecraft

NASA's first asteroid samples land on Earth after release from spacecr...

2 years ago 494

This simple log structure may be the oldest example of early humans building with wood

This simple log structure may be the oldest example of early humans bu...

2 years ago 496

Livestock farmers from Sweden to Greece test paths to greener agriculture

Livestock farmers from Sweden to Greece test paths to greener agricult...

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Invasive alien species are a serious threat to the planet: Four key messages for Africa

Invasive alien species are a serious threat to the planet: Four key me...

2 years ago 506

Americans do talk about peace, just not the same way people do in other countries

Americans do talk about peace, just not the same way people do in othe...

2 years ago 470

New Zealand mud snail makes its way to Lake Tahoe. And it is not welcome

New Zealand mud snail makes its way to Lake Tahoe. And it is not welco...

2 years ago 505

Ediacaran fossils reveal origins of biomineralization that led to expansion of life on Earth

Ediacaran fossils reveal origins of biomineralization that led to expa...

2 years ago 515

NASA readies for dramatic return of asteroid sample to Earth

NASA readies for dramatic return of asteroid sample to Earth

2 years ago 549

Red Sea corals threatened by mystery sea urchin deaths

Red Sea corals threatened by mystery sea urchin deaths

2 years ago 573

Air pollution from fires hits world's poorest hardest: study

Air pollution from fires hits world's poorest hardest: study

2 years ago 531

Sex life discovery raises IVF hope for endangered purple cauliflower soft coral

Sex life discovery raises IVF hope for endangered purple cauliflower s...

2 years ago 548

A brief history of abortion—from ancient Egyptian herbs to fighting stigma today

A brief history of abortion—from ancient Egyptian herbs to fighting st...

2 years ago 575