Plastic waste is becoming an increasing problem, with 50 million tonnes of single-use plastic being produced each year.

Cigarette butts are the most common form of litter worldwide. Trillions are discarded every year in cities, parks, beaches, ...

The Covid pandemic has left a heightened state of anxiety about any outbreak of infectious disease. This is easily inflated ...

The world's topsoil is disappearing at an alarming rate, threatening agriculture. Regenerative farming offers solutions.

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Some people online believe many of us have dangerous parasites in our gut and need to flush them out with herbal supplements.

Scientists at MIT have discovered that a little-known protein called intelectin-2 plays a powerful double role in defending ...

Bacteria and the viruses that infect them are perpetually at war. Their deadly clashes push both kinds of microbes to evolve ...

A newly discovered virus hiding inside common gut bacteria may be linked to colorectal cancer, according to new research. Scientists in Denmark found that colorectal cancer patients were about twice ...

In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones. By Carl Zimmer A flurry of new studies ...

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