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The Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) and the Instituto Tecnológico de Castilla y León (ITCL) have begun a collabora...
How does an ecosystem distribute its energy across body sizes? A new study suggests the answer depends on where you are—and how much humans have alter...
Asia's last tropical glaciers can be found near Puncak Jaya, Papua, the highest peak in Southeast Asia. But it is unlikely that they will survive unti...
Viruses play a far more active role in Earth's carbon cycle than previously understood, according to new research that reveals how they infect and con...
Near-infrared light is invisible to humans. And yet, under the right conditions, the human eye can perceive it. Researchers from Poland's Internationa...
Researchers at the São Carlos Institute of Physics at the University of São Paulo (IFSC-USP) in Brazil, led by Paulo Augusto Raymundo-Pereira, have cr...
A study by Cal Poly faculty and scientists has found that building density, not urban trees, was the strongest predictor of whether homes were destroy...
The genomics of peppermint are not as fresh as their flavor but scientists from the University of California, Davis, have found a way to breathe new g...
Silk threads can be fused into transparent, plastic-like materials that twist terahertz frequencies of light, according to research led by Imperial Co...
Children who grow up in disadvantaged households may receive fewer social benefits from their intelligence in adulthood than those raised in more adva...
Scientists have discovered a galaxy as it was 13 billion years ago, 800 million years after the Big Bang. It contains possible evidence of the univers...
Burrowing shrimp are small marine excavators native to Washington. They make their homes deep in the sediment by digging, turning the ground to Swiss...
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