The hunt for nectar can take honeybees kilometers away from their hive into unknown territory—and yet, they always find their way back. The sun's position in the sky serves as a kind of compass for bees, even when clouds ...
Plants & Animals
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Cape Town has consistently been one of the metropolitan regions in South Africa with the highest murder rates. It has more than double the national average, and is currently ranked second overall and 16th worldwide. Many ...
Biotechnology
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If you didn't know much about someone, would you lend them a whole lot of money? Probably not—and banks are the same way. That's why people with no credit history often have trouble getting loans. Banks and credit bureaus ...
Economics & Business
Sep 3, 2025
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Blood cultures, a laboratory test for detecting the presence of bacteria in samples of a patient's blood, are widely used by acute care hospitals to find infections as early as possible, identify their cause and guide appropriate ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Scientists revealed Wednesday that Mars' innermost core appears to be a solid hunk of metal just like Earth's.
Planetary Sciences
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A dozen patents belonging to Swedish inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel and lost for almost 50 years were recently found in a Swedish couple's summer house, the Nobel Foundation told AFP.
Other
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A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by scientists from Israel and Ghana shows that an evolutionarily significant mutation in the human APOL1 gene arises not randomly but more frequently ...
Evolution
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Climate models are complex, just like the world they mirror. They simultaneously simulate the interacting, chaotic flow of Earth's atmosphere and oceans, and they run on the world's largest supercomputers.
Environment
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Planting trees is seen as a cornerstone of efforts to avert climate breakdown. But a major new study in Science finds their potential has been drastically overstated—and relying on forests to offset carbon emissions could ...
Environment
Sep 3, 2025
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For farmers, every planting decision carries risks, and many of those risks are increasing with climate change. One of the most consequential is weather, which can damage crop yields and livelihoods. A delayed monsoon, for ...
Biotechnology
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