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Harmful and persistent “forever chemicals” build up in the environment and in the bodies of animals — including humans. But a new review article lays out a blueprint for replacing those chemicals in certain situations.A research team has compiled...

Christopher BlanchettSenior Weather PresenterJulie-Anne BarnesBBC Scotland NewsBBCIs malaria a risk?Mosquitoes don't currently pose a health risk to humans in Scotland. The parasite needed to spread infectious disease like malaria is not present here.However, it was a different story 200...

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How does an 18-foot-long, 2,000-pound carcass just disappear?That question has puzzled some divers and photographers who regularly plunge into the waters off San Diego.It started earlier this spring when Doug Bonhaus took advantage of some calm weather to scuba...

Athletic, crocodile-like reptiles with bladed teeth made their last stand in the Caribbean as recently as 4.5 million years ago.New fossils unearthed in the Dominican Republic suggest the reptile group went extinct millions of years later than previously thought,...

A NASA-developed technology that recently proved its capabilities in the harsh environment of space will soon head back to the Moon to search for gases trapped under the lunar surface thanks to a new Cooperative Research and Development Agreement...

Warren Loeppky has been a pediatric dentist in the Canadian city of Calgary for 20 years. Over the last decade, he says, tooth decay in children he’s seen has become more common, more aggressive and more severe. Many of...

A massive brood of periodical cicadas will emerge soon across the eastern United States, with the notoriously raucous springtime insects due for their 2025 appearance.Known for their buzzing hordes and ability to rapidly infiltrate the...

Archaeologists in Peru announced they found the 5,000-year-old remains of a noblewoman at the sacred city of Caral, in an area which for decades was used as a garbage dump. The new discovery revealed the...

On April 16, 2025, the Earth Science Division at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley held an Earth Science Showcase to share its work with the center and their families. As part of this event, kids were invited...