Canada called for foreign help Wednesday to combat wildfires burning out of control and spreading across…
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Oil project near Amazon River mouth blocked by Brazil's environment agency
Brazil’s environmental regulator refused on Wednesday to grant a license for a controversial offshore oil drilling…
US metros are growing, many reversing 2021 drops, new estimates show
The flight from urban areas that took place during the first year of the pandemic either…
Powerful earthquake shakes deep beneath Guatemala, with no immediate reports of damage
A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 shook Guatemala on Wednesday, but there were…
Hanging by a purple thread: Study highlights threats to murasaki plant
Purple is a color that has historically been associated with nobility around the world. Japan is…
Accelerated Christian Education textbooks used in UK schools deny human-caused climate change
One of the world’s largest fundamentalist Christian education groups is teaching its students climate change denial…
Plastic-eating fungi thriving in man-made 'plastisphere' may help tackle global waste
A new study published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials by researchers at the Royal Botanic…
Discovery of clusters of two types of bacteria in the tentacles of corals sheds light on their role in coral reef health
Coral reefs are intricate ecosystems with complex relationships between species, where each organism—from a tiny bacterium…
Uncovering universal physics in the dynamics of a quantum system
New experiments using one-dimensional gases of ultra-cold atoms reveal a universality in how quantum systems composed…
NIR spectroscopy provides easy, cost-effective method for food allergen testing
Food allergies pose a significant health risk, resulting in numerous hospitalizations every year, as even trace…