Urban green and blue spaces are linked to heart health, study finds
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- Dec 8, 2023
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- Nov 11, 2023
Gamechanging discovery makes forests 70% more effective at sucking carbon from the air
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- Oct 29, 2023
Massive 14,300-year-old solar storm discovered in tree rings
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- Oct 25, 2023
Wind Trees silently generate electricity from gentle breezes
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- Oct 23, 2023
Scientists genetically alter plants to solve global climate change
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- Sep 7, 2023
Scientists finally uncovered why human shoulders and elbows first evolved
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- Jul 15, 2023
Scientists build a better forest tree with CRISPR gene editing
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- Jun 10, 2023
Future of urban lighting: Scientists create light-emitting plants
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- Jun 3, 2023
8-year-old boy upends 100 years of science regarding insects and plants
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- Mar 9, 2023
Scientists discover how a single cell turns into a majestic tree
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- Jan 30, 2023
Human activity has degraded more than a third of the remaining Amazon rainforest, scientists find