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The ancient Romans got the hang of how to use volcanic ash. They used it as an ingredient in their concrete, and the result was buildings like Colosseum in Rome, still standing there today. Now ...

The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are highly vulnerable to global warming and scientists are being increasingly worried about the possibility of large parts of the ice sheets collapsing, if ...

Every year, people around the world take an astonishing 3.8 trillion doses of medicine. Most of these medicines are swallowed rather than injected or inhaled, because the oral route is the easiest,

Peanut allergy is one of the most common food allergies, affecting between 1% and 2% of people living in the west. And, for many years, their prevalence has been rising. But a recent study out of ...

Ten years ago the world's leaders placed a historic bet. The 2015 Paris agreement aimed to put humanity on a path to avert dangerous climate change. A decade on, with the latest climate conference ...

Most of us have little trouble working out how many millilitres are in 2.4 litres of water (it's 2,400). But the same can't be said when we're asked how many minutes are in 2.4 hours (it's ...

When President Donald Trump's administration abruptly canceled federal subscriptions to Springer Nature journals this summer, government researchers across the country suddenly lost access to some ...

The international agreement from last month's UN climate conference known as COP30 was notable for making no mention of curbing fossil fuels, a result that may have been influenced by a recent ...

The pancreas is essential for staying alive and healthy. This small organ sits behind the stomach and has two main jobs. It produces digestive enzymes that break down food and hormones such as ...

Nearly three-quarters of Americans are overweight or obese. Our pet dogs are trimmer, but not by much. Nearly sixty percent of them weigh more than is considered healthy. A big reason that both ...