A new study, published July 6, 2026, in the journal Nature Communications, suggests that two of the best-known trends in ...

Deep oceans contain microbes with yet-to-be-discovered properties that could drive future innovations in biotechnology.

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Wall Street is on the doorstep of making dubious history.

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The Noronha skink arrived on the island millions of years ago from Africa, likely on floating masses of vegetation carried by ...

Milk notes are redefining gourmand fragrance, moving beyond sugary vanilla toward softer, skin-like scents that feel intimate ...

An ancient human ancestor called Homo floresiensis was likely a scavenger who subsisted on the scraps left behind by the fearsome Komodo dragons that shared their home on the island of Flores in ...

Scientists studied the remains of a mysterious human relative called Homo naledi found deep in a South African cave and determined they were all female.

As U.S. agriculture faces persistent labor shortages and rising operational costs, agricultural drones are becoming an ...

Hidden beneath the water's surface is a botanical world that is among nature's most innovative and ecologically important.

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