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Removing lead from homes, schools, and daycare centers could reduce exposure for half a million children under the age of 6.

A new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature suggests that climate change is causing the oceans to become greener, offering clues about how global warming is impacting the ocean’s ecosystem.

A look back at some robotic inventions that didn't quite get there.

A combination of acoustic and electrical stimulation reduces tinnitus by half

Gene editing can streamline the process of wood fiber production, by modifying poplar trees to reduce the amount of their hard lignin.

Data from ESA’s exoplanet mission Cheops has led to the surprising revelation that an ultra-hot exoplanet that orbits its host star in less than a day is covered by reflective clouds of metal, making it the shiniest exoplanet ever found.

The World Health Organization warned Wednesday that the recent surge in bird flu outbreaks among mammals could help the virus spread more easily among humans.

The sea is becoming greener due to changes in plankton populations, analysis of Nasa images finds

Volume of debris in the unexplored twilight zone is an ‘emerging threat’ to reefs already stressed by climate crisis, say scientists

Nature has tried some pretty wild approaches to life's problems over the eons, and that's true for vision.

Better farming techniques across the world could lead to storage of 31 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide a year, data shows. That amount is not far off the 32 gigatonnes gap between current planned emissions reduction globally per year and the amount of carbon that must be cut by 2030 to stay within 1.5C.

Signs of life beyond Earth could take forms that are clearly artificial – radio or light signals, or even evidence of large-scale engineering.

I know this is pretty basic for many of you, but I'm happy to see this from NASA.

Scientists have discovered an anomalous blob of heat on the far side of the moon.

This mysterious hotspot has a strange origin: It's likely caused by the natural radiation emanating from a huge buried mass of granite, which is rarely found in large quantities outside of Earth, according to new research. On the moon, a dead volcano that hasn't erupted for 3.5 billion years is likely the source of this unusual hunk of granite.

From COVID-19 to climate change, scientists are facing a flood of hate mail, threats and harassment from conspiracy theorists.

UChicago researchers hope "islands" of exciton condensation could pave the way for new discoveries. Inside a lab, scientists marvel at a strange state that forms when they cool down atoms to nearly absolute zero. Meanwhile, just outside their window, trees are absorbing sunlight and converting it

The NASA VIPER rover will explore the south pole of the moon as early as 2024. But first, it has to pass the ramp test.

Hotspots beneath cities deform the ground, causing important infrastructure to crack under stress

Stripped down to a skeletal genetic blueprint, the artificial cells were dealt a losing hand for survival—yet they thrived.

How bacteria use carbon dioxide and electricity to produce useful chemical In the field of microbial electrosynthesis, microbes utilize CO2 and electricity to generate substances like alcohol. The precise biological mechanisms underpinning this process have, until recently, been largely theoretical

A gene-editing technique makes mosquitoes produce antibodies against the malaria parasite, which could mean cases in people are also slashed

Observations of a wild colony of macaques over three years show same-sex sexual behavior among males is widespread and may be beneficial.

Since 2009, a cloistered band of hard-rock geologists and other scientists have toiled on a mission of great consequence. On Tuesday they will deliver the last of their findings—the location of ground-zero for the Anthropocene, the proposed geological epoch borne of humanity's outsized impact on the planet.

Beneath the seawater in Japan's Beppu Bay lie layers of seemingly unremarkable sediment and sludge that tell the story of how humans have fundamentally altered the world around them.

Scientists developed a novel, sun-activated catalyst that reduces reliance on rare metals and enhances the efficiency of esterification reactions, crucial for products like medicines and polymers. This breakthrough in chemical synthesis promises significant sustainability improvements.