Seagrass is a powerful climate weapon – unless we drown it in nutrients
09-08-2025 Seagrass meadows are more than just coastal greenery....
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Why older species may be better survivors
Species don’t all carve out territory the same way. A sweeping analysis across the tree of...
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New microbes are discovered in Yellowstone that can do something life should not be able to do
09-03-2025 Life doesn’t always play by the tidy rules in textbooks. Most organisms use oxygen to...
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Vitamin B1 theory from 1958 is finally proven by scientists after being called ‘crazy’
For years, one rule in chemistry class seemed simple: certain high-energy carbon...
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Comprehensive study settles the debate about the impact of wind turbine noise on humans
08-30-2025 Wind turbines spark strong reactions, especially when people worry about how the...
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Bonobos have memory skills that were thought to be uniquely human
A series of hide-and-seek tests show that bonobos rely on memory to keep track of several...
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Detecting and measuring the amount of plastic particles in human bodies
08-17-2025 Scientists can pull plastic particles out of seawater with relative ease,...
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National Honey Bee Day 2025: Why pollinators matter
Picture your morning without coffee, your lunch without apples, your snacks without...
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Altering rice DNA improves its growth rate and could end world hunger
Rice plants run on sunlight, but they don’t always use that light wisely. A...
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Forests at risk as seed-spreading animals disappear
Forests don’t plant themselves. In fact, the survival of many forests depends on a hidden network...
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Amazon trees glow more under stress but photosynthesize less
In the dense green heart of the Amazon, a silent conversation takes place between trees and...
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Rocks reveal the turning point when oxygen changed Earth forever
Several moments in Earth’s distant past help answer two fundamental questions: How did we get...
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Ancient human highways revealed beneath the sea
Much of Earth’s ancient past lies beneath the sea. Professor Jerome Dobson of the University of...
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Overheating oceans: Have we reached a climate tipping point?
The oceans did not behave normally in 2023. They got too hot, stayed hot too long, and covered...
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Volcanic gold discovered in Hawaii may have come directly from Earth’s core
Hidden beneath the thick crust and scorching layers deep inside our Earth lies an immense stash of...
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This cheap metal could be the key to growing stronger and healthier crops
Many countries already add lanthanides, a group of rare earth metals, to fertilizers to support...
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Wetlands are a hidden source of rising methane emissions
Rising temperatures may influence a hidden battle happening in the muddy soils of wetlands. This...
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Unexplainable gap in the fossil record now partially filled with new tetrapod discovery
In 1984, an amateur paleontologist discovered a small fossil in Scotland. Though just 20...
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Scientists change their minds about ‘friendship’ and cooperation between plants
Plants do not wave warning flags when a hungry caterpillar shows up. Yet for years scientists...
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Water and ice may reveal where rare earth elements are hiding
We hear about minerals all the time. Lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite, and rare earth elements...
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