Sixteen critically endangered western Santa Cruz tortoises born to some very old parents got a slow walk and the red carpet treatment Wednesday at a Philadelphia Zoo event to show off the highly prized hatchlings.
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There were tens of thousands of human victims of coerced medical research under the German National Socialist regime. An important approach to processing these crimes involves raising awareness of the individual fates of ...
Education
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For decades, scientists believed animals on islands evolved smaller brains relative to body size to save energy. But most Channel Islands foxes—tiny predators no bigger than a house cat—defied that rule, evolving larger brains ...
Plants & Animals
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Federal lands—which make up about 640 million acres, or 28%, of U.S. soil—are used for many purposes, including conservation, recreation, and extraction of resources such as coal. Greenhouse gas emissions are released throughout ...
Earth Sciences
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Establishing robust isolated spins on solid surfaces is crucial for fabricating quantum bits or qubits, sensors, and single-atom catalysts. An isolated spin is a single spin that is shielded from external interactions. Because ...
Nanophysics
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New research, sparked by a 17th-century shipwreck, reveals how centuries of trans-Pacific trade shaped medicine, shipbuilding and geographical knowledge, and built cross-cultural connections still relevant today.
Archaeology
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Researchers are developing strategies to protect people from rising temperatures, focusing on vulnerable groups and clearer climate-health communication.
Environment
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On June 24, the date of the New York City Democratic mayoral primary and one of the hottest days of 2025, I squeezed voting into my morning before cramming into a busy and poorly ventilated train car. I cast my ballot for ...
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Each year, billions upon billions of tons of CO2 are pumped into the atmosphere. A significant proportion of this ends up in Earth's oceans, where it can react with water to form carbonic acid, which causes ocean acidification.
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Lessons from extinction could help protect the bears of today. New research reveals that the now-extinct cave bear was much more adaptable than once thought yet was still made extinct when faced with the combined pressures ...
Plants & Animals
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