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Urea is considered a possible key molecule in the origin of life. ETH researchers have discovered a previously unknown way in ...

New elementary teachers who promote equity in science are proving highly effective at engaging students, no matter their ...

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The transition to agriculture and a sedentary lifestyle is one of the great turning points in human history. Yet how this ...

At this year's Living Planet Symposium, attendees heard how ESA's Next Generation Gravity Mission could provide the first ...

Scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Queen Mary University of London have discovered that a new generation of ash ...

When phones or computers are recycled, small amounts of important materials get discarded. Those minute amounts of cobalt, ...

Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq ...

The capacity to grieve for dying loved ones was long considered a uniquely human ability. But now, researchers from Japan ...

When two stars orbit one another in such a way that one blocks the other's light each time it swings around, that's an ...