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Sperm whales and pygmy sperm whales are known among mammals for their unusually shaped heads. Unlike most vertebrates, which ...

It's known that the Y chromosome, which confers male sex, plays a big role in development and health, despite its small size.

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Cultivating crops—such as wheat, barley and rye—alongside rows of trees is a system of agroforestry that is known as ...

An international research team has used seismic imaging to identify two slab tears beneath the Zagros–Makran transition zone ...

Family traditions, misconceptions about where it comes from, and a belief that remedies sold in shops are government-approved ...

Geologists have uncovered new evidence that dramatic sea-level changes carved giant underwater canyons in South Australia's ...

Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered that charged states made of two electrons and a positively ...

Growing two crops in succession on the same land requires a tight schedule. In parts of central and eastern China, farmers ...

The climate transition, energy supply and technological development are just some examples of areas where knowledge from ...

Crop residues—the stems, leaves and husks left behind after harvesting cereals—could provide an important source of renewable ...