Last year, sea urchins in the Caribbean started getting sickâshedding their spines, dying off and throwing…
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Preston's economic development boosts health and wellbeing of local residents
University of Liverpool led research shows that the city of Preston’s approach to economic development is…
New breeding program produces purple tomatoes with high anthocyanin content
In 2011 Jim Myers did something no one had done before. The Oregon State University vegetable…
New tracking technology reveals the hidden foraging lives of desert ants
Groundbreaking tracking technology that has revealed new insights into how desert ants navigate their complex worlds…
Research on 2,400 languages shows nearly half the world's language diversity is at risk
There are more than 7,000 languages in the world, and their grammar can vary a lot.…
A forgotten and neglected ecosystem covers a third of Earth's coastlines, with a collective value of $500 billion
Underwater forests known as kelp have been sustaining people and cultures for millennia. However, most of…
Scientists save ancient Arctic ice in race to preserve climate history
Scientists have succeeded in saving samples of ancient Arctic ice for analysis in a race against…
CERN takes first small steps towards giant particle accelerator
Europe’s CERN laboratory has taken its first steps towards building a huge new particle accelerator that…
World's 'oldest' tree able to reveal planet's secrets
In a forest in southern Chile, a giant tree has survived for thousands of years and…
Climate change, farmers draining ancient Balkan lake
For millennia, Lake Prespa was pristine. But under pressure from climate change, unchecked pumping and pollution,…