On March 2, 2022, delegates to the UN environment assembly adopted an ambitious resolution to develop the text of a new ...

Peer review is a central feature of academic work. It's the process through which research ends up published in an academic ...

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Since we last spoke, researchers at the University of Birmingham have defined the precise shape of a single photon (spoiler: ...

A team of marine biologists from Norway, the U.S. and Denmark has conducted the first hearing test of a live baleen whale.

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Fierce bargaining at UN climate talks in Azerbaijan dragged into Saturday after a $250 billion a year offer from rich nations ...

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Cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, have existed for billions of years, adapting to a diverse range of environments. Their ...

Panspermia is the hypothesis that life can survive the transfer between planetary bodies as a secondary path for life to get ...

A team of researchers led by professors Wybren Jan Buma at the University of Amsterdam and Vasilios Stavros at the University ...