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Holocaust archaeology: Uncovering vital evidence to prove the deniers wrong
It’s now 75 years since Soviet troops liberated the notorious death camp at Auschwitz and the…
An S.O.S. for Australian wildlife
Almost 30 people have died and thousands of homes have burned as wildfires have rampaged through…
Four graphs that suggest we can't blame climate change on solar activity
The past decade (2010-2019) was the hottest on record and five of the top 10 warmest…
Public database of mine tailings storage facilities launched to prevent dam failures
Environmental organization GRID-Arendal with support from the UN Environment Program has launched the world’s first publicly…
Polygraph lie detector tests: Can they really stop criminals reoffending?
The UK government recently announced it was planning to increase the use of polygraphs to monitor…
What we learn from a fish that can change sex in just 10 days
The bluehead wrasse is a fish that lives in small social groups in coral reefs in…
Study: Activism and civil disobedience help communicate the science of climate change
A group of the world’s top climate change biologists, including Professor Pete Smith from the University…
Study: U.S. biofuels not to blame for Indonesia and Malaysia deforestation
Since 1990, the United States has ramped up its production of biofuels—to about 16 billion gallons…
Visualizing every step of on-surface cycloaddition reactions
By observing individual atoms as they rearrange themselves step by step, chemists at RIKEN have cast…