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The first two units at Russia’s planned Kola II NPP are to be constructed between 2027 and 2037, according to nuclear utility ...
The vanilla species grown for its flavoring is finicky. Genes from its wild relatives could help make it hardier — but not if those cousins go extinct.
The ‘Great Dying’ wiped out 90% of life, then came 5 million years of lethal heat. New fossils explain why The latest ...
Each botanical illustration of a species is paired with a diagram, all different and depicting the properties she perceived ...
As jewelflowers spread into California from the desert Southwest over the past couple of million years, they settled in ...
The photo of a courageous mother lemur with a baby on her back, taking a harrowing jump in a ravine, won the California ...
A new study challenges recent claims about dramatic "greening" in Antarctica and how this conflicts with decades of field-based ecological knowledge. The new opinion article, "Is Antarctica Greening?" ...
A global effort to create a "microbial Noah's Ark" to preserve the world's diverse collection of healthy microbes before they ...
Discover how adaptogen tea could transform your stress response system. Learn about ashwagandha, rhodiola, and other herbs ...
Since 2008, 1.3 million seed varieties from 128 countries have been deposited in the global seed vault, located in Norway's ...
Arctic peatlands are expanding as the climate warms, new research showed Thursday, a change that could slow global heating in ...