Nov. 7, 2024 — Plastic pollution exacerbates the impacts of all planetary boundaries, including climate change, ocean acidification and biodiversity loss, a new paper shows. Ahead of the final ...

Students at one Athens elementary school now have a new fleet of robotic learning tools at their disposal. The nonprofit ...

Cute features in babies and animals are more than just amusing—they trigger powerful evolutionary responses that help our species’ survival. Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo that has become ...

Imagine a lab assistant with the computing and operational power of 10 Ph.D. students, capable of functioning in extreme ...

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Jason Dinh, climate editor for Atmos, joins guest host Sophie Bushswick to talk about the debate, and other stories from the week in science, including an archeological find of medieval-era Silk ...

Our ancestors probably used a wide range of plant-based tools that have since been lost to history. Now we're finally getting a glimpse of this Botanic Age ...

Researchers have put both moments down as examples of goal-directed behaviour using tools, a skill once thought to be unique to humans. More recently, it has been observed in other species such as ...

Strava is a hugely popular, and really nicely featured, running and cycling app. It’s oumyr pick for the best running app, ...

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