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Female Meadow Brown butterflies have fewer spots if they develop in warmer weather – so climate change could make them less spotty, new research shows.

Two insect-like robots, a mini-bug and a water strider, developed at Washington State University, are the smallest, lightest and fastest fully functional micro-robots ever known to be created.

Researchers in ACS Central Science report evaluating an earth-abundant, carbon-based cathode material that could replace cobalt and other scarce and toxic metals without sacrificing lithium-ion battery performance.

New data from the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates that 15,120 centenarians were living in England and Wales in 2022, a 3.7% increase from 2021.

These savings, say the researchers, could become part of the vital global strategy for reducing the unsustainable use of natural resources.

Two solar facilities built on rehabilitated agricultural land were restored with native plants. Argonne researchers observed pollinators thrive.

While many of us are treading carefully to avoid a slip in the frosty weather, scientists led by the University of Leicester have been investigating how to make surfaces even slippier!

A warmer atmosphere can hold more water vapor, but atmospheric moisture has not increased as expected over arid and semi-arid regions as the climate warms.

14,000 years ago, woolly mammoths roamed Canada, Alaska and Siberia. Then they disappeared. Now, researchers are piecing together their story. And it's all thanks to one mammoth, her herd and a tusk.

Bottom trawling is a previously unaccounted-for source of atmospheric carbon emissions, releasing 370 million metric tons of carbon dioxide each year, scientists reveal.