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An artwork in Geneva, Switzerland, where talks on a global plastic treaty took place last week FABRICE...

“I cycle everywhere in London…” Richard Baker/In Pictures via Getty Images Having plied their trade in several...

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Are there unseen planets in our solar system? Peter Jurik/Alamy Somewhere at the edge of the solar...

In 2024, 2.6 billion people – nearly a third of humanity – remained offline, the International Telecommunication...

Beekman suggests the complexity of childcare drove language’s spread Shutterstock/Artem Varnitsin The Origin of LanguageMadeleine Beekman (Simon...

Edible microbeads could absorb fat in the gut Vacharapong Wongsalab/Getty Images Feeding rats edible microbeads designed to...

Trial participant Emily Wheldon with one of the researchers as she practiced attempting to move the lost...

Even for the world’s largest carnivorous bat, a hug is the best hello. Spectral bats are far...

Bees often struggle to get the nutrients they need from flowers Ran Zisovitch/Shutterstock An artificial “superfood” that...