Scientific research in Antarctica has played a key role in many important discoveries of the past century. But it has also come at a considerable cost to the environment. Science in Antarctica is ...

Today is World Environment Day, the international day calling for collective, transformative action on a global scale to celebrate, protect, and restore our planet. For too long human activities have ...

Doubts about the science are being replaced by doubts about the motives of scientists and their political supporters. Once this kind of cynicism takes hold, is there any hope for the truth? By David ...

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European scientists say they have made a major breakthrough in their quest to develop practical nuclear fusion - the energy process that powers the stars. The UK-based JET laboratory has smashed its ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Christine Bishop, a ...

Are genes really everything when it comes to determining an organism's characteristics? Find out what else controls our genes, and what this means for the study of human diseases. Thus, there appear ...

Project 2025, the sweeping right-wing blueprint for a new kind of U.S. presidency, would sabotage science-based policies that address climate change, the environment, abortion, health care access, ...

Scientists attempting to repeat findings reported in five landmark cancer studies confirmed only two Science is facing a "reproducibility crisis" where more than two-thirds of researchers have tried ...

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Your gut is home to trillions of bacteria that constantly “sense” their surroundings to survive and thrive. New research shows that beneficial gut microbes, especially common Clostridia bacteria, can ...