A new study suggests tourism and human activity off Hawaii Island may be contributing to unexpectedly low calf numbers in spinner dolphins. The study, led by the University of Hawaii’s Marine Mammal ...

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From chemical building blocks, scientists have created synthetic cells that have most of the hallmarks of life.

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The world’s life-forms reproduce sexually in a bewildering variety of ways, even though scientists still aren’t sure why they bother.

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Leaders of the 173-year-old South Bushwick Reformed Church said building officials are expected to determine this weekend whether they will need to level their parish, after a devastating fire Friday ...

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