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The Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF), which was created to fund long-term conservation of tropical forests, recently received a $500-million pledge, over 10 years, from the…
ScienceThe Atlantic County Utilities Authority has installed technology designed to remove microplastics from wastewater before it enters the Atlantic Ocean, WHYY and Good News Network reported…
ScienceSeawater surges into low-lying communities from San Diego to San Francisco Bay Area, submerging streets, homes and businesses Historic high tides have caused chaos up and down the…
ScienceThe eight-year-old was in an enclosure with other children and a staff member when she was attacked.
ScienceThe Bezos Earth Fund and eight other organisations have pledged more than $500 million over five years to support the recovery of threatened plants and animals, according to Mongabay. The…
ScienceThe Socialist Republic of Vietnam became the 78th nation to sign the Artemis Accords, joining a growing coalition of like-minded nations committed to the peaceful, transparent, and…
ScienceArchaeologists found several ancient weapons, intact vases and a bronze razor in the volcanic crater lake.
ScienceBy tracking over 1 million cells, researchers created a detailed map of embryonic development in mice. It could provide development and disease insights.
ScienceAn ambitious effort to eradicate invasive spotted bass from South Africa’s Breekkrans River has unfolded about two hours north of Cape Town. Removing the bass has helped give the critically…
ScienceThe Defense Intelligence Agency's latest "Challenges to Security in Space" report included a declassified satellite photo of China's Shenlong, or "divine dragon," space plane, which has…
ScienceNASA’s Artemis III SLS (Space Launch System) core stage is integrated alongside the twin solid rocket boosters on Oct. 28 inside the Vehicle Assembly Building’s High Bay 3 at NASA’s Kennedy…
ScienceSuriname pledges to save its forests but neglects the ancient human history hidden within them, experts say.
ScienceMIT researchers showed that the APOE4 gene variant suppresses molecular signaling needed for oligodendrocytes to myelinate neurons and also demonstrated a proof-of-concept fix.
ScienceFive years ago, Gavin Gardner was a Michigan State University engineering student researching next-generation drone technology as part of a NASA grant. Garder expected the research to be…
ScienceEcologist Steven Allison argues for the importance of microbes in fighting climate change in a convincing and hopeful book, The Age of Microbes, says Christa Lesté-Lasserre
ScienceIf aliens with technology similar to ours lived on a planet orbiting Proxima centauri (the next-nearest star), would we be able to see unmistakable signs of a technological civilisation? Of…
ScienceThe King's Observatory in London, built on the orders of King George III so he could watch the 1769 transit of Venus, is up for sale. Feedback is interested – but not sure if our bank…
ScienceThe New Scientist Book Club has been reading the Station Eleven author's latest speculative novel. While they found lots of things to praise, there were criticisms of the pace of this…
ScienceA spinal cord transplant happened in people for the first time during a surgery in Russia, but the evidence underpinning it is lacking
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ScienceThis question was posed as part of New Scientist’s Last Word series, in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions. Here’s what our readers had to say
ScienceThe BBC has another game-changing hit in Blue Planet III, says Michael Le Page, with David Attenborough narrating and a smart dolphin
ScienceThis question was posed as part of New Scientist’s Last Word series, in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions. Here’s what our readers had to say
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