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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today asked the Pebble Partnership to submit plans for offsetting the damage its giant proposed copper and gold mine would cause to thousands of acres of wetlands and streams in southwest Alaska’s Bristol Bay region—a hurdle that could delay and ultimately thwart federal permitting.

The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) said it “does not have confidence that R is currently below 1.0 in England”.

The chemical cries of dying bacteria alert the rest of an invading swarm.

The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake sent a tsunami surging outward from Sumatra, devastating coastlines across Southeast Asia but doing much less damage by the time it reached Africa. Many scientists have since considered the tsunami risk in parts of East Africa to be relatively low. But new research conducted on […]

They number in the hundreds and can be larger than an NFL football field.

Professor Sir Mark Walport also said it is ‘possible’ COVID-19 will get ‘out of control’ again.

A ‘Dath Vader’ sea monster, a rainbow meteorite, the first ‘boomerang’ earthquake and more awesome science images.

Australia’s biggest bats—known as flying foxes—are among the world’s most restless nomads, according to a new study. Just how restless? The most peripatetic can journey up to 6000 kilometers per year, much farther than any land mammal and close to the distances covered by some whales and migrating birds.

Good news: we get better over time.

Mantis shrimps are able to hit their prey with the force of rifle bullet without sustaining any damage.