Only 7% of Europe's original area of peatlands remain. What's more: their climate boundaries are shifting. An international ...
A flagship study that declared the weedkiller Roundup posed no serious health risks has been retracted with little fanfare, ...
The carbon cycle in our oceans is critical to the balance of life in ocean waters and for reducing carbon in the atmosphere, ...
Billions of alkaline-loving microbes could offer a new way to protect nuclear waste buried deep underground. This approach ...
It is used in imaging processes and also shows potential for cancer therapy. However, it does not occur naturally and must be ...
A fossil only tells part of the story. When an animal's body is preserved as a fossil, there are often pieces missing, and ...
Astronomers have captured images of two stellar explosions—known as novae—within days of their eruption and in unprecedented ...
A new study from UNC-Chapel Hill researchers shows that advanced artificial intelligence tools, specifically large language ...
Many bird species have moved toward colder areas in the mountains of Europe as the climate has warmed over the past two ...
The microbe Pyrodictium abyssi is an archaeon—a member of what's known as the third domain of life—and an extremophile. It ...
In the canopies of a South American rainforest, a tiny soldier termite has stunned a team of international scientists with ...
Why does plastic turn brittle and paint fade when exposed to the sun for long periods? Scientists have long known that such ...