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99.9% of scientists globally agree that burning fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal is the main cause of climate change. They also concur that climate change is caused by human actions, according to a new study published...

99.9% of scientists globally agree that burning fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal is the main cause of climate change. They also concur that climate change is caused by human actions, according to a new study published...

As one of the most biologically diverse countries on Earth, Brazil is taking steps to consolidate all of the nation’s biodiversity data and information into one place to support scientific research, as well as decision-making...

Just weeks after this year's March for Science, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Scott Pruitt is taking a shot at science — "secret science," in his words...

Just weeks after this year's March for Science, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Scott Pruitt is taking a shot at science — "secret science," in his words...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced plans to build a 1.9-million-square-foot city that will simulate conditions for humans living on Mars. Mars Scientific City comprises the Emirate's first step towards their ultimate...

Researchers have long speculated about whether plants are capable of interacting with humans and each other. In one study, it emerged they sometimes 'talk' to each other through the soil. Now scientists from the University...

A new study has found that Mars is emerging from an ice age that ended about 400,000 years ago. While scientists have long believed that the planet has undergone several rounds of ice ages in the past, there have been few...

From serums to plastic surgery to antioxidants, humans are continually trying to delay the inevitable aging process. Whether the motive is beauty or increased lifespan, many have been willing to buy into the latest wrinkle...

From serums to plastic surgery to antioxidants, humans are continually trying to delay the inevitable aging process. Whether the motive is beauty or increased lifespan, many have been willing to buy into the latest wrinkle...

We don’t often think about whether there are toxins in the plants around us – those are natural, right? Yet researchers in Portland, Oregon made an unsettling discovery: common tree moss in the area contained heavy metals...

Every year, 6.4 million tons of plastic is dumped into the ocean. On land, plastic gathers in landfills, on beaches and in sensitive ecosystems all around the world. In America alone, we throw away 33 million tons of plastic...

How would the world look if humans had never spread out across the earth? For a start, we'd have a lot more forest, much less pollution, and the stars would look unbelievably bright...

These futuristic mobile pods were designed to provide optimal living and working conditions for researchers exploring the coldest, driest, and windiest continent on Earth: Antarctica...

Do you give much thought to horseshoe crabs? No, me neither. But it turns out that without them, we could be in a very precarious position. Horseshoe crabs – or to be more precise, their incredible, baby blue blood –...