The strategy, known as synthetic biology, is gaining momentum globally as a conservation tool and human health solution, ...

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Curitiba, Brazil used to be forests, wetlands, fields and streams before it was developed over the last half-century. Gilberto Jacob via Unsplash As new species are discovered around the world, others ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford has shown that the shape and orientation of coastlines ...

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About 445 million years ago, Earth nearly wiped out life in the oceans. Glaciers spread across the supercontinent Gondwana, ...

A massive ice age wiped out ocean life 445 million years ago, reshaping ecosystems and setting the stage for jawed fish ...