Friederike Otto, 42, is a climate scientist at Imperial College London, where she is best known for pioneering the new field of attribution science, in which researchers calculate in real time how ...

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The bindi, a colorful dot on the forehead, holds deep cultural, spiritual, and even scientific significance in Indian tradition. Connected to the 'third eye,' it symbolizes wisdom, marital status, and ...

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Mommy, a Western Santa Cruz tortoise, recently welcomed four hatchlings at the Philadelphia Zoo, where she has lived since 1932.

Scientists should experiment with creative ways of communicating their work to inspire action to protect the natural world, researchers say.

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A proposed Mars helicopter mission would search for signs of life, water and future human footholds in a vast volcanic canyon ...

They're the world's largest marsupials, they hop to get around, and they use their tails as a fifth limb. But they're also ...