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Researchers at National Taiwan University reveal that combined exposure to polystyrene nanoplastics and the preservative ...

Road de-icing salts accumulate in streams, wetlands and lakes. They can stay in ecosystems for years or decades.

Microplastics are everywhere. We drink them in our water, we eat them in our food, we breathe them in our air, leading to – ...

A new study shows that resilient and remarkably diverse populations of organisms can persist in the soil despite harsh and extremely dry conditions ...

Because there is no effective vaccine or treatment for neosporosis, the disease can only be avoided by serologic testing ...

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Asking ‘what is life?’ is a good way to start arguments in science. As a recent informal poll suggests, no two individuals ...

Women who had two to three children in their late 20s and early 30s showed the slowest aging and best survival rates, ...