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Academia is pushing women away from science with toxic work environments

This happens at all levels of women's careers.

The Mayans mastered water management. What can we learn from them?

Study looks at water reservoirs that were in use for over 1,000 years

The Amazon is not pristine. It probably holds over 10,000 undiscovered earthworks

Study suggests thousands of archaeological sites remain undiscovered

Honeybees may inherit altruism from their mothers

Researchers look at the behavior in worker honey bees and finds some surprises

NASA shares glimpse of recovered bits of asteroid Bennu -- and it’s packed with carbon and water

The materials are currently being examined at a special lab in Texas

This researcher doesn't want to travel by plane to reduce his emissions. His university sacked him

He wants to take a ferry instead to avoid the high emissions from flying.

Is climate change coming for our beer next?

Our hops are not safe.

Beautiful image of a horseshoe crab wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year

The competition showcases some of the most extraordinary images of wildlife

Bumblebees developed a fascinating defense mechanism against Asian hornets

They might not be fast or agile flyers but they have their own unique skills

Invisible danger: Indoor wood burning raises lung cancer risk for women

Using wood for heating and cooking is more common than we think

Some 15,000 years ago in Europe, cannibalism was pretty common

Ritualic cannibalism was surprisingly common in Europe.

Satellite data shows New York City is sinking -- and it's not just because of the skyscrapers

No, it’s not because of the recent flooding.

Watch an AI create unique robots in a matter of seconds

The evolved robot has three legs and rear fins.

Fluorescent mammals are much more common than we used to think -- even cats do it

Researchers look at specimens in a museum in Australia to see which ones fluoresced

Another reason to drink dark tea: it can help against diabetes

Study reveals potential new benefits of dark tea drinking.

Bacteria from wild wolves could alleviate canine IBD

Study could lead to a dietary supplement or food additive for dogs

Scientists use water fleas to clean chemicals from water

The small crustaceans can remove chemical pollutants — from pesticides to arsenic

Scientists discover well-preserved giant spider fossil that’s absolutely massive

It’s believed to be the largest spider fossil to be found in Australia.

Scientists crack the code behind superbolts, Earth’s most powerful lighting

They can be 1,000 times stronger than regular lightning

Wild elephants solve complex puzzles for food. But can their wits save them?

We knew they were smart, but this takes things to another level.

This humble creature helps produce more grains than Russia

They don’t just keep the soils healthy -- they do much more.

The Nymph of Tusculum: Beautiful statue linked to ancient god of wine discovered in Rome

They described it as “exceptional” and in great state of preservation

Orcas are killing porpoises without eating them. Are they doing it just for fun?

Researchers have delved into 60 years of data to unravel the enigmatic reason why Southern Resident killer whales harass, kill, but don't eat porpoises in the Salish Sea.

Jellyfish can learn just like humans -- even though they lack a brain

Turns out, jellyfish are not just simple, pulsating blobs—they can learn from experience.

Students once made Oxford the murder capital of late medieval England

It’s now a place for learning, but long ago it had a very different reputation.

Not in my back yard: Wealthy, white communities oppose wind energy

Although they may support clean energy, many white and wealthy communities don't want wind turbines close to their homes.

Did life thrive beyond Earth? AI technique may provide some answers

It reveals a sample’s biological or non-biological origin with 90% accuracy

James Webb detects carbon, a crucial ingredient of life, on Jupiter's icy moon Europa

Upcoming space missions next year plan to take an even closer look at Europa.

China is facing an alarming mpox outbreak. Could this be next global health crisis?

The government is handling the surge in cases under the same protocols as Covid-19.

The world's largest flower is in terrible danger. These researchers want to save it

The group is way more threatened than previously assumed.

Archaeologists discover half a million-year-old wooden structure -- and it's not built by Homo sapiens

It predates rise of modern humans and could have formed a platform

Aspartame, a popular artificial sweetener, has now been linked to learning and memory deficits

The changes in the brain could even be passed onto offspring.

Human activity is chopping up the tree of life: we're hacking off entire branches through extinction

We are "mutilating" the tree of life and this has implications for human society

WWII weather logs from Pearl Harbor battleships could fill in missing climate data

It will help to better understand how climate is changing

Losing our dark skies is so problematic there's now a name for it: noctalgia

Do you miss the ability to see a dark sky?

Working from home can be more sustainable, but only if you're not social

Working from home is usually better for the planet -- but surprisingly, not always.

California is suing major oil companies for downplaying the risks of fossil fuels

Could this be a reckoning day for big oil?

Licking rocks and speaking backwards: the weirder side of science

They might not be as famous as the “real” Nobels but we all look forward to them.

Crows have another remarkable cognitive ability: statistical logic

Study looks into the concept of statistical inference in crows.

Earth is no longer a 'safe operating space for humanity.' Climate change isn't even the biggest problem

Study looks into the planetary boundaries and how we are affecting them

This newly discovered gecko species was hiding in plain sight for decades

Researchers have found it in Madagascar and warned it’s endangered

Webb telescope finds carbon-based molecules in the atmosphere of a water planet. Could this be a sign of life?

This raises prospects about potentially habitable worlds elsewhere in the universe

Environmental activists are being killed all over for trying to protect the planet

Every other day, an environmental defender is killed.

Massive storm collapses dams in Libya. Floods killed over 6,000 people and many more missing

Emergency teams are searching through piles of debris for survivors .

Agriculture is one of today's biggest emitters. But it could go carbon negative by 2050

Study highlights a wide array of options for agriculture to bring down its emissions

Heat pumps are way more efficient than fossil fuels and this study clearly demonstrates it

The performance of heat pumps is remarkable.

Scientists finally confirm what’s inside the Moon – and it’s not cheese

That's one mystery about the Moon we can take off of the list.

Greta Thunberg's climate strike made a tangible change to people's behaviors

Study looks into the effect of climate strikes on people who didn’t participate in them

Disney princesses can help kids' self-esteem

Study looks at the effect these idealized images of women have on children

Tire-eroded microplastics are slowly contaminating our water systems

Tires have been largely overlooked as a microplastic pollutant