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The UN Secretary-General asks the world’s leading science academies to review the UN’s climate science body.
The UN Secretary-General asks the world’s leading science academies to review the UN’s climate science body.
Scientists may have identified the first specks of interstellar dust in material collected by the Nasa Stardust spacecraft.
Scientists have discovered a dinosaur-like creature 10 million years older than the earliest known dinosaurs.
There are more genes in the microbial flora in our gut than in the rest of our bodies, scientists report.
Etched ostrich shells from South Africa are among the earliest examples of the use of symbolism, scientists say.
A micro-ear could soon help scientists eavesdrop on tiny events just like microscopes make them visible.
Scientists develop a gene test which predicts how well chemotherapy will work in individual breast cancer patients.
A century of whaling may have released more than 100 million tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere, scientists say.
The tsunami following the deadly quake in Haiti has implications for future tremor response in the region, say scientists.
A vast iceberg that broke off eastern Antarctic earlier this month could disrupt marine life in the region, scientists warn.
A micro-ear could soon help scientists eavesdrop on tiny events just like microscopes make them visible.
A century of whaling may have released more than 100 million tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere, scientists say.
US scientists use an underwater vehicle that can “plan its own experiments” on the seafloor.
Scientists in the US use an underwater robotic vehicle that can “plan its own experiments” on the seafloor.