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From the Soil: Microbes on Your Mind

Flinders University experts are exploring evidence that microbes in the soil and the environments around us can affect human microbiota and the ‘gut-brain axis,’ potentially shaping emotional states and relationship dynamics – including aspects of romantic love.

How to Generate Green Energy Using Nut Waste

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed an inexpensive device that generates enough electricity to power a calculator using only waste walnut shells and drops of water.

Chemists Develop Molecule for Important Step Toward Artificial Photosynthesis

Plants use the energy of sunlight to convert CO2 into energy-rich sugar molecules.

Twenty Years Later: What Lessons Have We Learned From Hurricane Katrina?

John Mutter remembers seeing the roofs of single-story homes poking above the water level in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans.

This AI Model Simulates 1000 Years of the Current Climate in Just One Day

So-called “100-year weather events” now seem almost commonplace as floods, storms and fires continue to set new standards for largest, strongest and most destructive.