Sand dunes on the northern coasts of Devon and Cornwall have been eroded by up to…
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How record-setting heat waves around the world could punish economies already reeling from inflation
Hundreds of millions of people struggled to keep cool amid a sweltering summer heat wave as…
Scientists discover world's longest underwater avalanche after rescue of lost data
Prompt action by scientists recovered sensors drifting across the Atlantic Ocean that held data on a…
Human garbage is a plentiful but dangerous source of food for polar bears
More than 50 hungry polar bears invaded the Russian coastal village of Belushya Guba over a…
Schools are the 'hubs and hearts' of neighborhoods. Here's how they can strengthen the communities around them
Food deserts. Poor housing conditions. Lack of community investment. Click here for original story,…
Enriching uranium is the key factor in how quickly Iran could produce a nuclear weapon. Here's where it stands today
Iran’s nuclear program was a major topic in President Joe Biden’s July 13–16, 2022 trip to…
Peptide 'fingerprint' enables earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease
Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s disease or Parkinson’s disease are caused by folding errors (misfolding) in proteins…
Researchers explore a hydrodynamic semiconductor where electrons flow like water
You don’t normally want to mix electricity and water, but electricity behaving like water has the…
Engineer uses ancient art of origami to solve a very modern aerospace problem
If you’ve ever made an origami paper crane, using folds and creases to transform a square…
First report from the world's most ambitious sequencing project
Scientists at deCODE genetics—a subsidiary of Amgen—together with collaborators from Denmark report on the whole genome…