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Urban trees found to improve mental and general health
People in urban areas have a lower risk of developing psychological distress and better overall health…
Market competition sets tone for lower cost of UK mobile phone contracts, research shows
Healthy and competitive markets—and not stringent regulations—help dial back the cost of mobile phone contacts, according…
Visible punishment institutions are key in promoting large-scale cooperation
Social dilemmas are ever-present in contemporary society, with people ‘cheating the system’ and jeopardising collective outcomes…
Image: Lake Balaton in western Hungary from orbit
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Lake Balaton in western Hungary. With a surface area…
World's smallest fossil monkey found in Amazon jungle
A team of Peruvian and American scientists have uncovered the 18-million-year-old remains of the smallest fossil…
Hidden life revealed inside dinosaur bones
One of the tricks you learn hunting dinosaurs in Canada is to look for orange. Dinosaur…
Space junk: A recycling station could be cleaning up in Earth orbit by 2050
There are about 22,000 large objects orbiting the Earth, including working and broken satellites and bits…
Earth's 'boring billion' years of stagnant, stinking oceans might actually have been rather dynamic
Geologists have dubbed Earth’s middle age the “boring billion.” Occurring some 1,800 to 800 million years…
Satellite-connected tags set to boost marine conservation
Four tiger sharks have been tagged with a new device that will help conservationists to conduct…