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Every Earth Day, we’re reminded that though common petroleum-based plastics are durable and cheap, many aren’t biodegradable or recycled. This accounts for the 72 million tons of containers and packaging in...

Fossils show that limbs evolved from fins, but new research shows how it may have happened, live in the lab

Tokyo, 15 December. The draft of the Technical Design Report (TDR) for the planned International Linear Collider ILC was handed over to Jonathan Bagger, the chair of the International Linear Collider Steering Committee (...

The controversial drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing has created an oil and gas boom around the country – and that’s left state governments grappling with how to regulate it. Now, California i...

In the future, the great Pixel Wolves Of The Sky will look down below on the mutated fish. The wolves will be hungry but also weirded out. Want to win this mutational Baarbarian illustration on a T-shirt? It's easy! The ...

If CERN observes the proceedings of the United Nations, will it change the outcome?

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