SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

Prehistoric hominids have been exposed to poisonous lead for at least 2 million years, a study of fossil teeth...

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To help mitigate climate change, companies are using bioreactors to grow algae and other microorganisms that are...

MIT Music and Theater Arts fondly remembers the legacy of Professor Emerita Jeanne Shapiro Bamberger, who passed away...

A telltale hint was on the bee’s knees.An analysis of 127 fossil flowers, flower buds and bees from central Germany revealed pollen particles that precisely matched ancient flowers to their pollinators. The fossils date to around 24 million years...

High in the Argentinian Andes, a team of palaeontologists has found a small dinosaur fossil with the first hints...

It all started one summer lunchtime in 1992 on the terrace outside the CERN cafeteria. If you had happened...

Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels jumped by a record amount in 2024 to push concentrations to their highest point since...

The UK's largest undeveloped oil field has revealed the full scale of its environmental impact, should it gain approval by the government.Developers of the Rosebank oil field said nearly 250 million tonnes of planet warming gas would be released...

Many science fiction and fantasy stories are enveloped in a warm glow, and it’s not just because of nostalgia. Some characters literally glow — from ET’s fingertip to the demon markings in this year’s hit movie K-Pop Demon Hunters.This...