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In 1928, Alexander Fleming had just returned from vacation to his disorderly laboratory when he discovered he had made a mistake. He had been researching the bacteria Staphylococcus and h...
September 11th, 2001, offered researchers a unique opportunity to study whales' behaviour in the absence of commercial shipping.
Despite the racks of meat at my deli, the aisles of canned goods at my grocery store, and the dewy lettuce at my farmer's market, some researchers contend that deciding to farm was one of...
Carbon dioxide is a really inconvenient little molecule. It's bad to breathe, makes the oceans and rain acidic, and traps heat in the atmosphere, raising the global temperature. It also h...