Nicola Dell, a computer scientist studying the role of technology in intimate partner violence, cofounded the Center to End ...

For the first time, the three-year average global temperature was more than 1.5 degrees C above preindustrial temps.

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A study on rabbits dosed with viper venom suggests that botulinum toxin may alleviate some effects of snakebite, possibly by ...

The density of fine hairs on bumblebees’ tongues determines how much nectar they can collect — and workers put queen bees to shame.

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In humans, teens do the most dangerous things. In chimpanzees, that honor goes to toddlers. The difference may lie in ...

The elm zigzag sawfly has spread to 15 states in five years. Now it's attacking the tree that cities planted to replace Dutch ...

The blast may have been a kilonova — a type of neutron star merger — in the wake of a more traditional supernova.

The federal move to no longer recommend certain vaccines for all U.S. children is not supported by new evidence and could ...

Trees are known for absorbing CO2. But microbes in their bark also absorb other climate-active gases, methane, hydrogen, and ...