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Trump administration re-authorizes 'cyanide bombs' to kill wildlife
US President Donald Trump’s administration has re-authorized the use of controversial poison traps known as “cyanide…
Trash for tickets on Indonesia's 'plastic bus'
Dozens of people clutching bags full of plastic bottles and disposable cups queue at a busy…
Hidden mysteries lie in wait inside Kenya's fossil treasury
The only hint that something extraordinary lay inside the plain wooden drawer in an unassuming office…
World's largest frogs build their own ponds for their young
The first example of “nest”-building in an African amphibian, the Goliath frog, has been described in…
Puzzling shapes: Unlocking the mysteries of plant cell morphology
The discovery of the mechanics and molecular mechanism that dictate cell shape formation in plants by…
Controlling the shape-shifting skeletons of cells
You know you have a skeleton, but did you know that your cells have skeletons, too?…
Forest fragments surprising havens for wildlife
Destruction of tropical rainforests reduces many unprotected habitats to small fragments of remnant forests within agricultural…
Blood clotting factors may help fight multi-drug resistant superbugs
Coagulation factors, which are involved in blood clotting after injury, may offer new strategies for fighting…
Automatically chlorinating water at public taps cuts child diarrhoea by almost a quarter in urban Bangladesh
A novel water treatment device that delivers chlorine automatically via public taps without the need for…