Population Decline Will Change the World for the Better
A future with fewer people offers increased opportunity and a healthier environment
A future with fewer people offers increased opportunity and a healthier environment
SpaceX’s Starship launch site in southern Texas is now the subject of a lawsuit after the vehicle’s first flight caused concerning damage
Planets might be more common throughout the universe than previously thought, results from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest
Developing an allergy to your dog or cat can be a nightmare, but hyposensitization could offer permanent relief
Medication treatment for heroin addiction has come a long way since its pioneer died. But what would she think of the field today?
Hidden beneath the surface of the treasured strawberry is a unique branch of the evolutionary tree, where eight sets of chromosomes are better than two
A dying star swallowing a giant planet hints at the fate awaiting our solar system some five billion years from now
The country’s largest estuary is under critical threat from pollution and climate change. The question is: Can it be saved?
Lañilawal, a Patagonian cypress that may be one of the oldest trees on Earth, needs greater protection if scientists are to understand its secrets of survival, an environmental scientist says...
’Tis the season for hordes of blue jellyfishlike creatures to wash up on California beaches
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