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Earth’s energy budget is not in balance. Should we be concerned?
A recent report from the World Meteorological Organization about the state of the...
Drilling down on treatment-resistant fungi with molecular machines
Fungi are present on the skin of around 70% of the population, without causing harm...
Including race in clinical algorithms can both reduce and increase health inequities – it depends on what doctors use them for
Health practitioners are increasingly concerned that because race is a social construct,...
Butterfly behaviour shows ways to protect natural habitats in a rapidly changing world
Natural landscapes are continually transformed to make room for agricultural and...
How wildfire smoke can harm human health, even when the fire is hundreds of miles away – a toxicologist explains
Smoke from more than 100 wildfires burning across Canada has been turning skies...
Tiny but tenacious: arctic-alpine plants are engineers and warning bells
When most people consider the arctic, or high-altitude mountain landscapes, they...
World’s oldest Homo sapiens footprint identified on South Africa’s Cape south coast
Just over two decades ago, as the new millennium began, it seemed that tracks left...
How we stop floating wind turbines the size of skyscrapers from drifting away
Growing demand for cleaner energy sources means offshore wind farms are being built...
Gravitational wave detector LIGO is back online after 3 years of upgrades – how the world’s most sensitive yardstick reveals secrets of the universe
After a three-year hiatus, scientists in the U.S. have just turned on detectors...
Methane must fall to slow global heating – but only 13% of emissions are actually regulated
Methane – a potent greenhouse gas and the second biggest driver of global warming...
Pancreatic cancer: a personalised mRNA vaccine may boost effects of treatment
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest types of cancer
From bird poo frogs to alligator snapping turtles – here are nature’s masters of deception
In nature, there are winners and losers. The winners gain survival and reproduction,...
Did life evolve more than once? Researchers are closing in on an answer
From its humble origin(s), life has infected the entire planet with endless beautiful...
Bees can learn, remember, think and make decisions – here’s a look at how they navigate the world
As trees and flowers blossom in spring, bees emerge from their winter nests and...
Global warming to bring record hot year by 2028 – probably our first above 1.5°C limit
One year in the next five will almost certainly be the hottest on record and there’s...
Saturn: we may finally know when the magnificent rings were formed
Saturn’s rings are one of the jewels of the solar system, but it seems that their...