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Vocal communication recorded in 53 animals we thought were silent

Vocal communication recorded in 53 animals we thought were...

New recordings of sounds made by reptiles, amphibians and fish suggest that vocal...

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Eastern Australia is battling fifth major wave of floods in 19 months

Eastern Australia is battling fifth major wave of floods...

More extreme rain has flooded 43 towns in New South Wales, 24 in Victoria and three...

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Why we urgently need answers about artificial sweeteners and health

Why we urgently need answers about artificial sweeteners...

Artificial sweeteners have been shown to help people maintain their weight and improve...

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Bacteria could survive just under Mars's surface for 280 million years

Bacteria could survive just under Mars's surface for 280...

When bacteria are dried and frozen, as they most likely would be just under the...

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Industrial Revolution may have been kick-started by drought

Industrial Revolution may have been kick-started by drought

The 19th century transition to coal in Britain was thought to be driven by a lack...

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17th-century infant's life and health revealed by 'virtual autopsy'

17th-century infant's life and health revealed by 'virtual...

A young child found in an unmarked coffin in an Austrian crypt was exceptionally...

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World is on track for 2.5°C of global warming by end of the century

World is on track for 2.5°C of global warming by end of...

Countries’ climate plans are nowhere near ambitious enough to cut emissions in line...

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16 'vital signs' of the planet's health are now at record extremes

16 'vital signs' of the planet's health are now at record...

An assessment of 35 key factors in Earth’s climate system, such as greenhouse gas...

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COP27: How the world is doing on climate targets and what to expect

COP27: How the world is doing on climate targets and what...

The war in Ukraine has encouraged a rush to exploit more fossil fuels, but there...

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Greenhouse gas levels have hit yet another record – here's why

Greenhouse gas levels have hit yet another record – here's...

Carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide reached record-high concentrations in...

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Fossil shows what lizards' ancestors looked like 167 million years ago

Fossil shows what lizards' ancestors looked like 167 million...

A reptile named Bellairsia gracilis has been identified as an early member of the...

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Appetite-suppressing probiotic helps overweight people lose weight

Appetite-suppressing probiotic helps overweight people...

Consuming the bacterium Hafnia alvei twice a day for three months led to better...

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Neutron stars may fire out neutrino beams like a laser light show

Neutron stars may fire out neutrino beams like a laser...

Neutron stars cool down by emitting neutrinos. A mathematical model now suggests...

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AIs become smarter if you tell them to think step by step

AIs become smarter if you tell them to think step by step

Artificial intelligence models can outperform humans at tasks AIs normally struggle...

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High school student is first to sequence the angelfish genome

High school student is first to sequence the angelfish...

17-year-old Indeever Madireddy sequenced the genome of his pet angelfish after it...

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Glyphosate weedkiller impairs learning and memory in bumblebees

Glyphosate weedkiller impairs learning and memory in bumblebees

Bumblebees exposed to glyphosate performed worse in tests that required them to...