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Insects make up to 90% of all animal species on the planet, and most of them can be found in the tropics, the regions around the equator. Yet we still...
In about 5 to 8 billion years, our sun is expected to evolve into a white dwarf—an extremely dense, Earth-sized stellar remnant that has exhausted its...
Extreme heat kills more people in the U.S. each year than hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes combined. But how can we address a seemingly natural force...
Animal life is extraordinarily diverse and complex, having colonized almost all environments on Earth—from hostile hydrothermal vents in the deep sea...
A quick heart trace taken during a warm-up trot could identify racehorses at risk of cardiac arrhythmias during high-intensity exercise, according to...
Newly discovered fossils have given scientists their first real glimpse of when Earth made a crucial transition from plants and unrecognizably simple...
It's a well-established fact that forests and water are deeply connected. For decades, paired-watershed experiments—a scientific method for evaluating...
A research team has, for the first time in the world, elucidated the microscopic mechanism by which quantum order is lost and collapses in "open quant...
The butternut tree, a close relative of black walnut prized for its pale wood and wildlife value, is on the brink of disappearing from North American...
When paper dries and is subsequently rewetted, its properties change permanently. This phenomenon is known as hornification. New research now shows th...
Iridium is a key component in many electrochemical technologies used for chemical transformations. These include producing hydrogen fuel from water, m...
NASA is joining international partners to hunt for ice on the moon in support of future human exploration. The agency is providing a water-detecting i...
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