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A new study links sea ice decline with increasing wildfire weather in the Western U.S.

Technology editor Sophie Bushwick breaks down the precedent for using your phone to monitor personal health data.

Work on genetically modified pigs might provide a solution to the strange illness

Sharks need our help, but many widespread conservation messages are not based on scientific evidence

“Sexually transmitted” plant viruses may be on the rise because of agricultural activity

There’s a structural reason your sponge hosts so many microbes

A recent study puts a number to how much our consumption imperils threatened species