The climate is warming, and much of the increase is due to greenhouse gases, the most prevalent gas being carbon dioxide. Methods for removing existing carbon from the atmosphere are in the works, and ...

In a common metaphor used to describe human fertilization, sperm cells are competitors racing to penetrate a passive egg. But as critics have noted, the description is also a “fairy tale” rooted in ...

Some hope fertilizing tiny, floating plants in the ocean, prompting them to suck carbon dioxide out of the air, could help solve global warming. A new experiment confirms this controversial idea has ...

Although most insurance companies in the United States do not cover in vitro fertilization, a few states mandate such coverage. Of the states in which in vitro fertilization services were available, 3 ...

When dolphins sleep, they shut down only one hemisphere of the brain at a time. The other half of the brain stays awake to keep the dolphin breathing, moving, and aware of its environment. Image ...

For 50 years, scientists in Großbeeren have studied how different fertilization strategies affect vegetable and soil quality.