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The Tropical Forests Forever Facility, an initiative spearheaded by Brazil, would raise money from investments and pay ...

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Women were historically excluded from health studies on the grounds that hormone fluctuations introduced "noise" into the ...

We now have full genome sequences for six species of apes, helping us to pin down our last common ancestor – and potentially ...

An analysis of compounds in chilli peppers has revealed chemicals that seem to negate their heat-giving capsaicinoids. This ...

Despite setting a global temperature record, 2023 might have been even hotter were it not for the cooling effect of smoke ...

Extreme weather events are the most dramatic consequence of climate change, but there are many smaller ways it disturbs our ...

Shingles is associated with an increased chance of health problems like strokes and heart attacks, but receiving a shingles ...

A newly described poison dart frog, which is about the size of a thumbnail, has been found in the forests of the Juruá river ...