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Microplastics are often named as a major polluter of both the planet and our bodies, but what does the actual science say?

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It’s a windy day at St. Edward’s University, and although it’s only 53 degrees with freezing temperatures on the way, the sun is shining and spirits are high. About 50 people gather around a plot of ...

The federal government awarded a $1.1 million contract to an Ohio company to conduct a pilot project deploying a technology to kill bacteria and eliminate odors in the sewage-tainted Tijuana River. It ...

When a high containment laboratory handling lethal pathogens stumbles, even briefly, it exposes how much of the country’s ...

Urban fires can release all kinds of chemicals. One year after fires hit Los Angeles, scientists are trying to understand the toxic fallout.

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Researchers across biology, philosophy, and AI are split on what counts as a mind—and whether today’s systems qualify.

Vanya Gregor Rohwer slid open a drawer to display the rich pink spread wing of a roseate spoonbill, one of thousands of ...