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South Africa's coal mines are leaking methane, and no one knows how much

The 'demonstration effect' can inspire girls to play—but only if communities are ready

What Belfast's changing murals can tell us about peace

Ecoball: How to turn picking up litter into a game for kids

Climate change is making cities hotter. Here's how planting trees can help

Risk-averse farmers need tailored incentives to grow bioenergy crops for aviation fuel, study finds

Policy brief outlines flood risk reduction strategies for data-limited, arid countries

Solar storms have influenced our history. An environmental historian explains how they could also threaten our future

Children learn to read with books that are just right for them, but that might not be the best approach

Novice wine reviewers' confidence follows U-shaped trajectory

Before plants or animals, fungi conquered Earth’s surface

Algorithm-based strategy shows promise in reducing urban poverty

All prey are not the same: Marine predators face uneven nutritional payoffs

Australian Mountain Dragon faces 'nowhere left to go' as climate warms

'Derailment' warning as world faces threats to its ability to act on climate change

How a surge in ancient plagues 5000 years ago shaped humanity

Scientists describe an extinct rhino species from Canada's High Arctic

Molecules bend, properties change: How nanographene transforms through oxidation

Winter Olympics: high in the Alps, artificial snow will still play role

AI model predicts peptide sequences that prevent ribosome stalling in E. coli protein production

Slow but savage: Why hurricanes like Melissa are becoming more common

Novel phage DNA modifications offer new hope against antibiotic-resistant superbugs

New DNA evidence from Crimea sheds light on Neanderthal migration into Asia

Thousands evacuated in Vietnam after record rain triggers floods

Genetic secrets of one of world's rarest penguins revealed

Young sun-like star's dual-temperature plasma ejections offer clues to early planetary environments

World far off track to meet climate goals: UN

Propeller-shaped luminescent molecules can switch chirality depending on the solvent

How Plantago asiatica plants communicate with each other to respond to salt stress

Why Hurricane Melissa is one of the strongest Atlantic storms ever

Hurricane Melissa is being fuelled by exceptional ocean heat

Australia fends off shark bites with new tech and old

Giant Hurricane Melissa hours from bullseye hit on Jamaica

Gravitational wave events hint at 'second-generation' black holes

Ancient protein Dicer and RNase H are both needed to resolve transcription–replication collisions, study reveals

Two tiny genetic shifts helped early humans walk upright

Anxiety over global warming is leading some young Americans to say they don't want children

Bill Gates calls for climate fight to shift focus from curbing emissions to reducing human suffering

Astronomers discover end-dominated collapse and hub-filament system in G53 star-forming region

Far-right extremists are setting up rural enclaves around the world

Climate change is a crisis of intergenerational justice. It's not too late to make it right

This was the best way to invest $1,000—back in 2010

In the Middle East, women journalists and activists have been driving crucial change

A hidden driver of customer loyalty: Feeling safe

Rising birth rates no longer tied to economic prosperity

How the explosion of prop betting threatens the integrity of pro sports

Researchers investigate how the barred owl is adapting to urbanization

Advanced electron microscopy reveals nanoscale crystal transformations causing lithium battery degradation

Caught on camera: Rats snatching bats from the sky at city hibernation sites

Byte by byte: How AI is reshaping agriculture