A map of part of a mouse brain, which is expected to be generalisable to people, could help scientists understand behaviours, ...

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Former Vice President Mike Pence said the Trump administration’s aggressive use of tariffs poses a potential risk for Republicans in the midterm elections, even as he expressed relief about a ...

Brazilian researchers are using laser technology to unearth a lost Portuguese colony and challenge long-held beliefs about human settlement in the Amazon.

Amid deepening inequalities and escalating crises, including climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, a new United ...

Each spring, hundreds of thousands of cranes converge in Nebraska. The phenomenon draws in artists, conservationists and curious friends alike.

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DNA sequences for the chimpanzee, orangutans and more will help scientists to determine what sets humans apart from other ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek has traveled — on foot — through 21 countries, in a walk that’s taken eleven years so far. Traveling at a human speed has given him glimpses of things people ...

As the Aral Sea has been drained by irrigation and dried up, the mass loss on the surface has caused Earth’s upper mantle to rise up, lifting the emptied sea bed an average of 7 millimetres per year ...

The total impact that humans have had on the environment may be hard to measure, but a new exhibition at the University of ...