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Land managers in the western United States are using potential operational delineations, or PODS, to prepare for — and take advantage of — wildfires.
Giant hail that pummeled northeast Spain in August 2022 could not have formed without climate change, computer simulations suggest.
By training beekeepers, biologist Ximena Velez-Liendo is helping rural agricultural communities of southern Bolivia coexist with Andean bears.
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Though not completely vegetarian, the Iberomaurusian hunter-gatherers from North Africa relied heavily on plants such as acorns, pistachios and oats.
In her new book, Arielle Johnson, former resident scientist at the restaurant Noma, explains how to think like a scientist in the kitchen.
Deaf experimental psychologist Rain Bosworth has found that babies are primed to learn sign language just like spoken language.
Research is needed on how ocean carbon removal methods — such as iron fertilization and direct capture — could impact the environment.
After five months of glitching, the venerable space probe contacted Earth and is continuing its interstellar mission billions of kilometers away.
Over time, bone marrow stem cells develop key genetic errors and pass them on to immune cells. This may increase the risk of developing heart disease.
We asked the experts: Should people be worried? Pasteurization and the H5N1 virus’s route to infection suggests risks to people remains low.
Genetic mutations are making Plasmodium falciparum, parasites that cause malaria, invisible to rapid tests. New, more sensitive tests could help.
Exposing zebra finch eggs and hatchlings to traffic sounds had lifelong health impacts, raising concerns about increased anthropogenic noise.
When implanted into mouse embryos, stem cells from rats grew into forebrains and structures that handle smells.
The newly discovered type of magnetic material could improve existing tech, including making better and faster hard drives.
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