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Far below the reach of sunlight, at roughly 4,000 m deep on the Pacific seafloor, researchers have stumbled on a form of ...

Parts of the Amazon are drifting into uncharted territory. According to a concerning new study published in Nature, the ...

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Last week, I asked for your recommendations of your top books of the year. The list was eclectic and very wide-ranging. But ...

Many of the early exhibitions were more typical science-museum exhibitions—hands-on experiments, things you do with your hands, learning through interaction. There was an exhibition about food. There ...

When it comes to capturing carbon, trees have always been our go-to. But a sinister switch is underway. A study published in the journal Nature reveals that moist tropical forests in Australia are now ...

Far below the ice and storms of the high north, scientists have pinpointed the deepest known Arctic vent system and found it ...