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Thousands of scientific papers have used data collected by users of the platform iNaturalist, according to new research.

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Science retracted a 2010 study that claimed bacteria could use arsenic for growth. Some scientists support the decision, ...

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New research from Rockefeller University reveals how both genes and body size influence whether an ant becomes a queen or a worker.

We just got back from our first Yaga Gathering off the map, deep in the Dzukija forests in Lithuania. We were greeted with ...

A new species of cockroach that can reproduce without males has been discovered in Florida and Austria by researchers at Michigan State University.

It's not that often that high schoolers are right at the centre of politics. But that's what's happening in the UK right now. RUSHANARA ALI, DEMOCRACY MINISTER: We will give 16 and 17-year-olds the ...