Fear factor

Grasshoppers, like humans, indulge in emotional eating

Energy’s new face

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Traced, scanned, illuminated

Fear of invasive tests leads to a novel way of cancer detection  

Pentagon okays sites

Fitting in

Fish evolved to adapt to their swimming environments  

Map trap

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China loses its patent

Human’s best friend originated from a wolf in West Asia  

Sitting duck

India’s decision to reduce import duties on frozen turkey and duck from the US has raised concerns among domestic poultry producers, who …

Extreme weather unabated: Third-hottest July took Antarctic sea ice to its minimum since 1979

Antarctic sea ice extent reached its lowest value for July in 44 years

Cutting back coal: Global effort hits Chinese wall

India has one of the largest reductions within planned coal capacity

Megadrought, megapluvial conditions will become the new normal under high emissions scenario: Report

The shift may have already taken place or is in the offing in some regions

Despite cutbacks, ExxonMobil continues to fund climate science denial

ExxonMobil has spent more than $39 million to manufacture doubt about climate science

Hurricane Ida brings back spectre of rapid intensification of storms

US’ disaster preparedness post-Hurricane Katrina under lens

Vaping likely has dangers that could take years for scientists to even know about

Many people don’t even know what these vaping devices contain

India gets re-elected as observer to Arctic Council

China, South Korea, Singapore, Italy and Japan also have Observer status at the Council

Why this California town has declared ‘climate emergency’

Calls upon its residents to eliminate all greenhouse gas emissions by 2030

Single-step solution

New reaction can simplify phenols’ production, cut costs

Knowledge commons

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In bad taste

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News Snippets

Celebrity’s anti-shale angst

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Sleeping with enemy

Bed bugs continue to be the most difficult pest to exterminate

Stolen work

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Paints that power home

Quantum dots convert sunlight into electricity

The dubious sceptic

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