To save the planet, first save elephants
Wiping out all of Africa’s elephants could accelerate Earth’s climate crisis by allowing 7% more damaging greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, scientists say. But conserving forest elephants may reverse
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Scientists just turned plastic bottles and bags into liquid fuel
Scientists have come up with a new way to turn plastic waste into liquid fuel. It uses less energy than previous methods, and produces a higher quality end product. The technique breaks down polyethylene
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Scientists accidentally created nanorods that harvest water from the air
Incredible scientific discoveries happen all the time when researchers haven't been looking for them, and new nanorods that harvest water from the air are no exception. These unintentionally produced
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New rules to regulate Europe's hormone-disrupting chemicals
European commission launches world’s first system for classifying and banning endocrine disruptors against a barrage of criticism The European commission has launched the world’s first system for classifying
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Watch These Synthetic Leaves Suck CO2 Out of the Sky
What about all the carbon we've already poured into the atmosphere? If only there were a device that could take some of it back out. Researchers at Arizona State University’s Center for Negative Carbon
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Hottest summers on the cards for the world in 50 years!
The way climate change and global warming are influencing the world, reports of hotter summers in the years to come doesn't exactly come as a surprise. If the findings of a study are to be believed,
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Scientists discover giant new planet orbiting two suns
Astronomers have discovered the largest planet outside our solar system orbiting two stars, at a distance that would make it potentially habitable for people, scientists announced Monday. A team of
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Japanese scientists plan to name atomic element 113 'nihonium'
Japanese scientists who discovered the atomic element 113 plan to name it “nihonium,” the Riken institute said Wednesday. The team of researchers at the Japanese institute on science proposed the name
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Gravity space mission passes big test
The mission to demonstrate technologies needed to detect gravitational waves in space has been a stunning success. The Lisa Pathfinder satellite was sent into orbit to test elements of the laser measurement
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Arctic regions getting greener due to climate change: Nasa
Due to changing climate, Arctic regions of North America are getting greener, with almost a third of the land cover looking more like landscapes found in warmer ecosystems, according to a new Nasa study.
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New blood test targets depression
UK scientists have developed a blood test to help doctors pick the best drug for patients with depression. Medics currently have to rely on trial and error, meaning around half of the time the first type