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The Bird's Foot Delta, a crucial ecological and economic hub, faces an uncertain future amid rising seas and dwindling sediment.

The many fires burning around Los Angeles are pressing the limits of firefighting.

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An international study led by Flinders University in Australia has advanced nanoscale chemistry to further develop ...

Challenge trials help researchers study immune responses. Skeptics still doubt the approach is worth the risks ...

The prion disease that causes deer, elk and other cervids to waste away could someday jump to humans, but many hunters are ...

You’re never very far from a great museum in Massachusetts, but these homes are right next door.

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In some breaking news this week, Daniela Rus, Director of MIT‘s CSAIL lab and an accomplished computer scientist and educator ...

The miniature crustacean has won hearts online, with the video going viral on social media. The clip has amassed some 9.1 ...