Engineers have completed their testing of ESA’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft in preparation for launch early next…
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Earth from Space: Leelanau Peninsula
In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 missiontakes us over…
Game changer: New chemical keeps plants plump
A UC Riverside-led team has created a chemical to help plants hold onto water, which could…
From hotbed of crime to joggers' paradise: Nairobi forest thrives
“We would collect dead, dumped bodies. Some were decomposing… others were fresh,” said John Chege of…
From death strip to 'Green Belt' of life
Olaf Olejnik served among the guards patrolling the heavily fortified border deterring freedom-seeking East Germans from…
India's firecracker hub hit by anti-pollution drive
With thousands of workers painstakingly handmaking vast volumes of firecrackers, Sivakasi in southern India is usually…
Warming waters, local differences in oceanography affect Gulf of Maine lobster population
Two new studies published by University of Maine scientists are putting a long-standing survey of the…
Study shows shoppers reject offers made under time pressure
Giving consumers short time limits on offers means they are less likely to take them up,…
Political affiliation may help drive and shape a person's morals
Which came first—the personal beliefs or the political party? While it may seem intuitive that a…
What's driving tropical deforestation? Scientists map 45 years of satellite images
Tropical forests are under increasing pressure from human activity such as agriculture. However, in order to…