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Brain organoids, pictured here, raise both many medical possibilities and ethical questions. NIAID/Flickr, CC BY-SA

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Science requires ethical oversight – without federal dollars, society’s health and safety are at risk

Staff Writer - May 10, 2025

Young Montanans, including Rikki Held, center, sued their state government and won a key ruling forcing the state government to consider greenhouse gas emissions when reviewing proposed development projects. William Campbell/Getty Images

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Despite Supreme Court setback, children’s lawsuits against climate change continue

The Women’s Health Initiative investigated the risks and benefits of menopausal hormone therapy. Kohei Hara/DigitalVision via Getty Images

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The Women’s Health Initiative has shaped women’s health for over 30 years, but its future is uncertain

Tatooine’s moisture farming equipment stands in the desert of Tunisia, where parts of the ‘Star Wars’ movie series were filmed. Véronique Debord-Lazaro via Flickr, CC BY-SA

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Some ‘Star Wars’ stories have already become reality

Fireflies in Boulder, Colo., during the summer of 2023. Radim Schreiber/Firefly Experience, CC BY

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Fleeting fireflies illuminate Colorado summer nights − and researchers are watching

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Tantalising tentacles: octopus could be the next big thing in aquaculture

Staff Writer - October 11, 2014

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Five ways to stop the world’s wildlife vanishing

Staff Writer - October 11, 2014

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Scientists at work: capturing beautiful millipedes in Ohio

Staff Writer - October 11, 2014

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Water and air are all you need to make one of...

Staff Writer - October 11, 2014

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Who you calling an elephant? Animals have weight issues too

Staff Writer - October 11, 2014

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Will there be enough fish to go around? Not if we...

Staff Writer - October 11, 2014

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Just how little do we know about the ocean floor?

Staff Writer - October 11, 2014

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Nemo and chips? Tropical fish are fleeing warming waters and heading...

Staff Writer - October 11, 2014

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A frog-eating bat approaches a túngara frog, one of its preferred foods. Grant Maslowski

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Young bats learn to be discriminating when listening for their next meal

Staff Writer - April 29, 2025

Logan S. James, The University of Texas at Austin; Rachel Page, Smithsonian Institution, and Ximena Bernal, Purdue University It...

The universe is filled with countless galaxies, stars and planets. Astronomers may find life one day, but they will need extraordinary proof. ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre (CEA Paris-Saclay), G. Anselmi

‘Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence’ − an astronomer explains how much...

April 27, 2025

Agricultural workers exposed to a hotter and drier climate are at an increased risk of kidney damage. George Rose/via Getty Images

Hotter and drier climate in Colorado’s San Luis Valley contributes to...

April 26, 2025

The coral reefs of Palmyra Atoll, part of Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument, provide nurseries for many fish species. Andrew S. Wright/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via Flickr, CC BY-SA

Trump is stripping protections from marine protected areas – why that’s...

April 23, 2025

Western North Carolina six months after Hurricane Helene is storm-scarred and still recovering. Sean Rayford/Getty Images

I study local government and Hurricane Helene forced me from my...

April 22, 2025