Research

In US, 57 percent of kids on track for obesity by 35: study

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- More than 57 percent of children in the United States will be obese by age 35 if…

World’s first floating wind farm opens off Scotland

ABERDEENSHIRE, Scotland (Reuters) -- Norway's Statoil expects floating wind power costs to fall to 40-60 euros per megawatt-hour (MWh) by…

Wind farms in Atlantic could power the world: study

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- Wind farms in the open ocean can generate far more renewable energy than those on…

Well-preserved dinosaur unearthed in Canada gets name, backstory

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- An extraordinarily well-preserved 110-million-year-old dinosaur found in a mine pit in Canada now has a…

Climate change could greatly widen US inequality: study

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- If the United States fails to take decisive measures to combat climate change, it will…

US researchers fuse technology with living dragonflies

VIRGINIA, United States (Reuters) -- Technology company Draper has revealed the latest steps toward fusing technology with animals, releasing a…

Research shows remote island has world’s highest density of plastic trash

HENDERSON ISLAND, United Kingdom (Reuters) -- One of the world's remotest islands has been polluted with the highest density of…

UK survey finds 28,000 plant species for medical use

by Maureen Cofflard Agence France-Presse More than 28,000 species of plants around the world have a medical use but poor…

Brains of ‘super-agers’ don’t shrink as fast as others

by Kerry Sheridan MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- As we age, our brain shrinks, but a select group of elders…

Scientists map Arabica coffee genome

SANTA BARBARA, California (Reuters) -- It's one of the most valuable agricultural commodities in the world and yet scientists know…

Pollution in deep Pacific devastating earth – UK study

MARIANA TRENCHES, Pacific Ocean (Reuters) -- A study of the Pacific Ocean's Mariana and Kermadec trenches has found man-made pollutants…

Japan scientist eyes energy burst from ‘typhoon turbine’

by Harumi OZAWA Agence France-Presse JAPAN (AFP) -- Most people look for a place to hide when a typhoon is…

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