Most people believe rainforests are the lungs of our planet, pumping out vast amounts of the oxygen we breathe. This ...

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Scientists have traced the origins of complex life to the breakup of the supercontinent Nuna 1.5 billion years ago. This ...

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Study warns that humans may be driving Earth toward a sixth mass extinction. The research shows species loss, but the future ...

"The pace of change we’re seeing today is unlike anything we know of in the past 66 million years," said ecologist Jack Hatfield.

The story of Australia and its peoples is vast and deep. It's one you should know, but possibly one you've never been told. Well, not like this anyway.

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They might've looked something like the space station in the film "2001: A Space Odyssey." There once was a dream of cities in space — vast cylindrical habitats, self-sufficient and populated by ...