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Ancient weaponsmiths combined bronze and iron to fashion swords during the early Iron Age – but modern forgers glue together ...

Physicists finally know whether black holes destroy the information contained in infalling matter. The problem is that the ...

The symbols and mathematical operations used in the laws of physics follow a pattern that could reveal something fundamental ...

A 1 per cent levy on global retail sales would plug a funding gap of $200 billion when it comes to saving nature. Can COP16 get the world to agree to this ambitious proposal?

Pierre du Plessis was a lead negotiator for the African Group at the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Food and ...