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Editor’s Note (5/25/22): This article is being republished in the wake of a school shooting in Uvalde, Tex., that killed...

Simulations of more than 140,000 possible planetary systems show that pairs of giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn may make...

Editor’s Note (5/25/22): This article is being republished in the wake of a school shooting in Uvalde, Tex., that killed...

A drug developed for smallpox was given to a person with monkeypox in 2021, and it seemed to shorten their...

For much of the past few decades motor vehicle crashes were the most common cause of death from injury—the leading...

The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill being introduced to Parliament will allow gene-edited crops to be developed and grown in...

The people who seek out endocrinologist Domenica Rubino have tried again and again to lose weight. Diets of all kinds....

The 2022 Goldman Environmental Prize has been awarded to Marjan Minnesma, who sued the Dutch government over its carbon emissions...

In March 2018, researchers launched what looks like a white, cooler-sized fridge to the International Space Station. That heavy box...

In 2003, Donald Kennedy, then editor in chief of the journal Science, wrote an editorial called, “Forensic Science: Oxymoron?” He...

By Christa Lesté-Lasserre Ishikari plain and Ishikari river on Hokkaido, Japan – a region that has lost many birds in...

The Japanese city of Kyoto is famous for its cherry blossoms, which traditionally mark the start of spring, but climate...

Tree-dwelling salamanders control their fall as they float down from trees by stretching out their limbs like human skydivers do...

A soft robot made from a twist of rubber can harvest heat energy and use it to roll across a...

Even when cannabis is legalised, some users still prefer to stick with their usual illegal sources, which can be cheaper...

Populations of Mediterranean monk seals began shrinking when seafaring civilisations expanded around the Mediterranean basin Life 24 May 2022 By...