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India has granted a key license to Elon Musk's Starlink, bringing the satellite provider a step closer to launching its ...

Brazil's environmental goals suffered a major setback in May as deforestation in the Amazon surged 92% compared to the same ...

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Sarin (isopropyl methyl fluorophosphonate) is an organophosphorus nerve agent regulated by the Convention on the Banning of ...

In a major step forward for sustainable pigment production, scientists have successfully engineered the oilseed crop Camelina ...

Dust particles thrown up from deserts such as the Sahara and Gobi are playing a previously unknown role in air pollution, a ...

Just a few meters beneath the clear, blue waters of Okinawa, reef-building corals known as Scleractinia have quietly lived ...

Impossible" films, superspy Ethan Hunt—played by Tom Cruise—gets orders from his superiors on various devices that ...

When Victoria Glynn came to Panama to study the effects of extreme ocean temperatures on coral reefs at the Smithsonian ...

Once in a while, scientific research resembles detective work. Researchers head into the field with a hypothesis and high ...

A team of researchers from Japan, China, and Brazil have discovered a new species of pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous of ...