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More than 400 students at Ramstein Elementary School recently received a hands-on lesson in science thanks to volunteers from ...

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A new Curtin University study warns that large parts of Australia, including major cities and farming regions, could be ...

A tiny jellyfish, Turritopsis dohrnii, possesses a remarkable ability to reverse its life cycle, effectively defying ...

Multicellularity is one of the most profound phenomena in biology, and relies on the ability of a single cell to reorganize ...

Houseplant enthusiasts know that nothing can be more frustrating than discovering gnats buzzing around their beloved greenery ...

Has your cat or dog been itching excessively? You might have fleas. Here's how to get rid of fleas on your pets and in the ...

Researchers are translating pest insects' vibrational language to use it against them.

In humans, dreams occur in both deep and REM sleep, though it’s the latter that we recall most vividly. The dreams are a manifestation of what occurs in our brains at these times: Deep sleep seems to ...

For farmers, sometimes the easiest way to save a crop or prevent catastrophic insect damage is to spray a pesticide. But this ...

Chernobyl’s landscape recovered in unexpected ways, but uneven radiation, hidden harm, and human absence reveal a far more ...