As the COVID-19 pandemic swept around the world early this year, shortages of protective equipment such as N95 masks left healthcare workers little choice
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Sharks' non-bony skeletons were thought to be the template before bony internal skeletons evolved, but a new fossil discovery suggests otherwise. The
In a landmark study, scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have mapped the immense envelope of gas, called a halo, surrounding the Andromeda
In a first-ever study using ozone data collected by commercial aircraft, researchers from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
A special type of aurora, draped east-west across the night sky like a glowing pearl necklace, is helping scientists better understand the science of
New observations by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope suggest that the unexpected dimming of the supergiant star Betelgeuse was most likely caused by an
A world-first study examining the scales of management of the Great Barrier Reef has the potential to help sustain other ecosystems across the world.
Connections with friends and family are key to helping communities adapt to the devastating impact of climate change on their homes and livelihoods, a new
Tiny organisms that cover desert soils - so-called biocrusts - are critically important for supporting the world's shrinking water supplies, according to