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Scientists warn entire branches of the 'Tree of Life' are going extinct
Humans are driving the loss of entire branches of the “Tree of Life,” according to a…
Saturday Citations: Cutting the middleman out of spider silk synthesis; hungry black holes; Osiris-Rex is back!
This week, we reported on spider silk synthesis without spiders, and how policymakers are pursuing a…
Largest asteroid sample ever collected is coming down to Earth
Chunks of asteroid that could tell us about the earliest days of the 4.5 billion-year-old solar…
Biologists in slow and steady race to help North America's largest and rarest tortoise species
While the average lifespan of North America’s largest and most rare tortoise species is unknown, biologists…
Crowdfunding conservation: A Pacific island's plan to protect its waters
For a little under $150, you can now directly sponsor marine conservation across one square kilometer…
Recycling plastic not enough, warns UN environment chief
With the production of plastic on the rise worldwide and creating ever more pollution, the UN…
Arizona's sweltering summer could set new record for most heat-associated deaths in big metro
America’s hottest metro area is on track to set an annual record for heat-associated deaths after…
Historians race to find Great Lakes shipwrecks before quagga mussels destroy the sites
The Great Lakes’ frigid fresh water used to keep shipwrecks so well preserved that divers could…
Workers uncover eight mummies and pre-Inca objects while expanding the gas network in Peru
Some archaeologists describe Peru’s capital as an onion with many layers of history, others consider it…