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Blue-green algae is known to emit toxins which can cause skin irritation in humans, or stomach upsets if a lot of affected ...

Genetic analysis shows that microbes growing inside the International Space Station have adaptations for radiation and low ...

A University of Arizona scientist is a co-author in an international study that has zeroed in on a short list of animals from ...

An effort to understand Earth’s past climates uncovered a history of wild temperature shifts and offered a warning on the ...

Researchers show the average surface temperature on our planet has shifted between 51.8 to 96.8 degrees Fahrenheit ...

One of this year's coveted Lasker Awards has gone to Zhijian "James" Chen, a scientist behind a key immune-system discovery.

One of the researchers described the circumstances that led to the discovery as “serendipity.” This year’s prestigious Lasker ...

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An international group of researchers says two decades of research have generated sufficient knowledge about the sources and effects of microplastics to allow world leaders to agree measures to ...

From drunk worms to mammals that breath through their anuses, founder Marc Abrahams on the winners of this year's Ig Nobel ...

What happened next surprised them. "It was late on a Friday evening and the lab manager burst in after hearing me shrieking," ...