Undersea kelp forests generate some $500 billion in fishing revenue and other benefits while absorbing five…
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T. rex skeleton sells for more than $5M at Zurich auction
Nearly 300 Tyrannosaurus rex bones that were dug up from three sites in the United States…
Want to see a total solar eclipse? Here's how to plan for it, and how to set your expectations in case of clouds
This week, eclipse chasers will be visiting the small town of Exmouth, at the tip of…
EU lawmakers adopt vast carbon market reform
The European Parliament adopted sweeping climate measures on Tuesday aimed at massively cutting EU greenhouse emissions,…
Looking for potential radio technosignatures from extragalactic sources
It has been more than sixty years since Dr. Frank Drake (father of the Drake Equation)…
Researchers develop new test for detecting cancer biomarkers
When doctors are examining suspected cancer cases, they turn to biomarker tests to help make a…
Opinion: Poorer countries must be compensated for climate damage, but how exactly do we crunch the numbers?
As the planet warms, a key concern in international climate negotiations is to compensate developing nations…
How soils changed life on Earth
For the first 4 billion years of Earth’s existence, its continents were dusty, barren and rocky…
Metal-poor stars are more life-friendly, suggests study
Stars that contain comparatively large amounts of heavy elements provide less favorable conditions for the emergence…
A potential treatment for multidrug-resistant bacteria
A new type of drug could provide a way to treat multidrug-resistant bacteria, according to a…