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With plans for 25 international hubs, the Earth BioGenome Project is poised to increase global genomics capacity and deliver high-quality reference genomes, argues Dr Paul Flicek, The Jackson ...

A major new report warns that humanity is approaching irreversible climate tipping points, including the loss of coral reefs and potential collapse of polar ice sheets. Credit: Shutterstock The 2025 ...

A 2025 satellite photo shows a particularly complex section of the Yarlung Zangbo River as it twists its way through the Tibetan Plateau. This part of the "braided" waterway has experienced drastic ...

On a sunny day in the fall of 2024, I was surrounded by what’s best described as controlled chaos. After 30 minutes of reviewing the protocols for collecting and recording data about Pacific mole ...

Detroit — The little girl with purple barrettes at the end of her braids could hardly sit still in her chair, but Academic Interventionist Evelyn Smith pressed forward. "I want to focus on your ...

Geophysicists have modeled how Earth’s magnetic field could form even when its core was fully liquid. By removing the effects of viscosity in their simulation, they revealed a self-sustaining dynamo ...

The endangered baby Komodo dragons were recently born at ZooTampa. By Margherita Bassi Published Oct 10, 2025 10:07 AM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) announces the release of its annual omnibus solicitation for basic and ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The radiation budget between the northern and southern hemisphere is steadily widening. A new study suggests that this gap is due to radiation ...

When Burl Ives sang "Silver and gold decorations, on every Christmas tree" in "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer," he surely didn't know that Christmas trees actually have gold inside their needles — but ...