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This investigation looks at what plastic is, what it’s used for and how it impacts on the environment. The practical element investigates how plastics can get into the water cycle. This ...

Apr. 18, 2025 — Scientists report adaptive divergence in cryptic color pattern is underlain by two distinct, complex chromosomal rearrangements, where millions of ...

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck far off southwest Australia on Wednesday, but no tsunami warning was issued. Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar-led research suggests climate change ...