Where once there were vast areas of forest and other natural habitats, farmland now covers much of Earth—including 70% of the ...

Nearly 12,000 cans packed into re-usable "crash boxes" could protect drivers and passengers on Thailand's roads. The ...

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The effectiveness of national voluntary programs asking companies to pledge to lower their pollution and greenhouse gas ...

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Since their discovery in 2007, fast radio bursts—extremely energetic pulses of radio-frequency light—have lit up the sky ...

Between 1.8 billion and 800 million years ago, earthly life was in the doldrums. During this period, called the "boring ...

In 1963, the Arecibo Observatory became operational on the island of Puerto Rico. Measuring 305 meters (~1000 ft) in diameter ...

How trustworthy is a positive HIV test result? How probable is an actual infection when the test is positive? Even ...

Cuba is bracing for Hurricane Rafael, which is expected to make landfall Wednesday and compound the misery wrought by a ...