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New geological data indicate that marine life is somewhat resilient to warming in the tropics. Chris Fokkema, Earth scientist at Utrecht University, d...
What do you envision when you think of meekness? You probably see a mousy doormat, someone sheepishly acquiescing to the will of the stronger. When Je...
Artificial intelligence is rapidly making intellectual work and social interaction easier, but that ease may come at a substantial psychological cost,...
The types of glass that we encounter in everyday life, such as window glass or smartphone screens, are disordered solids. This means that they consist...
When ancient DNA studies began to gain attention, little more than a decade ago, the view took hold among geneticists that everything we thought we kn...
Animals of the same species don't always look the same. From birds with different beak shapes to mammals that vary in size or color, populations livin...
In this age of Mars rovers, questions about the planet's ancient past have shifted. A growing body of evidence supports the idea that Mars was once wa...
During hibernation, brown bears spend up to six months lying almost completely still, without eating, drinking or exercising. When spring arrives, the...
Many biological functions are regulated by the switching on and off of mechanisms triggered by the matching of a keyhole (receptor) formed by a protei...
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed CellScope, a high-performance single-cell analysis framework that uses mani...
How much will heat, flooding, drought and storms increase as a result of human-induced climate change? In a groundbreaking study, climate researcher G...
Most countries will not achieve climate neutrality through greenhouse gas emission reductions alone; carbon sinks are also needed to offset unavoidabl...
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