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Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin rocket makes 12th test flight
Blue Origin, the space company owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, launched the 12th crewless test…
Research confirms timing of tropical glacier melt at the end of the last ice age
Tropical glaciers in Africa and South America began their retreat simultaneously at the end of the…
A heightened focus on food security and sustainability
The number of malnourished people is increasing worldwide. More than two billion people suffer from a…
Newly described fossil whale represents intermediate stage between foot-powered and tail-powered swimming
A newly described fossil whale represents a new species and an important step in the evolution…
New research pinpoints which of the world's trees are climate-ready
Botanists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered that “penny-pinching” evergreen species such as Christmas favourites, holly…
Mountain goats' air conditioning is failing, study says
A new study in the journal PLOS One says Glacier National Park’s iconic mountain goats are…
Virtual reality and drones help to predict and protect koala habitat
QUT researchers have used a combination of virtual reality (VR), aerial thermal-imaging and ground surveys to…
Single-cell analysis of the earliest cell fate decisions in development
Researchers at the Babraham Institute, EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), CRUK Cambridge Institute and the Wellcome—MRC…
Scrubbing carbon dioxide from smokestacks for cleaner industrial emissions
An international team co-led by an Oregon State University chemistry researcher has uncovered a better way…