Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by 66 percent in August versus the same month last…
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'We're going to sink': hundreds abandon Caribbean island home
On a tiny Caribbean island, hundreds of people are preparing to pack up and move to…
Indonesia halves output at coal power plant as pollution spikes
Indonesia has nearly halved output at a major coal-fired power plant near the capital Jakarta after…
Study suggests human shoulders and elbows first evolved as brakes for climbing apes
The rotating shoulders and extending elbows that allow humans to reach for a high shelf or…
The limestone spheroids of 'Ubeidiya: Intentional imposition of symmetric geometry by early hominins?
Limestone spheroids, enigmatic lithic artifacts from the ancient past, have perplexed archaeologists for years. While they…
Scientists identify ways landowners in rural Brazil can find win-win situations
Across the globe, and particularly in Brazil, lies an embarrassment of riches that also stage a…
No-till gardening keeps soil—and plants—healthy
While the practice of no-till gardening is not new, information has traditionally centered on agricultural field…
Linguistics may help us to understand some 'strangeness' of the genetic code
Linguists have developed the comparison of the genetic code with language where nucleotides act as letters,…
Fossil spines reveal deep sea's past
Right at the bottom of the deep sea, the first very simple forms of life on…
Invasive species threaten food supply, public health and cost $423 billion a year, report says
Non-native species—displaced either by global trade and travel or by climate change—pose “a severe global threat”…