Humans don’t use as much brainpower as we like to think
When it comes to brainpower, humans aren't as exceptional as we like to think. For years, scientists assumed that humans devote a larger share...
Spooky conservation: Saving endangered species over our dead bodies
The secret to the survival of critically endangered wildlife could lie beyond the grave. A reseacher suggests revenue from human burials could fund nature...
Discarded cigarette butts: The next high performing hydrogen storage material?
Discarded cigarette butts are a major waste disposal and environmental pollution hazard. But chemists have discovered that cigarette butt-derived carbons have ultra-high surface area...
Dinosaur-killing asteroid impact cooled Earth’s climate more than previously thought
The Chicxulub asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs likely released far more climate-altering sulfur gas into the atmosphere than originally thought, according to...
Genetic study uncovers evolutionary history of dingoes
A major study of dingo DNA has revealed dingoes most likely migrated to Australia in two separate waves via a former land bridge with...
Flour power to boost food security
A glue-like protein that holds the wheat grain together could hold the secret for yielding more, and healthier, flour from wheat.
The largest ever tropical reforestation is planting 73 million trees.
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Protecting Norfolk from flooding won’t be cheap: Army Corps releases its plan.
The federal government has proposed a $1.8 billion plan to help protect Norfolk, Virginia, from rising seas and increasingly powerful coastal storms by ringing...
Deeper corals may be safest from climate change.
It's one of the cruellest impacts climate change can have on our natural ecosystems.
Yet mass coral bleaching may not be a death sentence for...
Native American professor resigns over disputed lecture series.
By Joe Heim,
A Native American professor at the University of North Dakota announced last week that he will not renew his position at the...
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He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs."
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The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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