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In the Amazon, gold mining is a thriving business, pushing deep into the rainforest and indigenous lands. Small-scale operations set up primarily illicitly and operated in the shadows use mercury, a substance with neurotoxic properties, for gold extraction. Now, a team of researchers examined if trees native to the Peruvian Amazon could be used as biomonitors for gold mining activities. By examining mercury concentrations in tree rings, they concluded that some species could bear witness to illegal mining activities.

By understanding how gratitude naturally develops in children, we can encourage rather than enforce thankfulness.

Researchers developed a computer algorithm that correctly predicted the light emission characteristics of ancient faraway galaxies based on data from sky surveys.

Great Lakes farms have become a hot spot for bird flu, killing millions of birds and raising fears of a human pandemic.

Researchers found that geographic and socioeconomic differences in inequality, pollution levels, gender bias, and disease burden can accelerate brain aging.

A study of more than 45,000 Norwegian university students has shown that using screens in bed is strongly associated with insomnia symptoms and lower sleep duration. Researchers suspect that this is because screen time displaces sleep by taking up time when people would otherwise be resting. However, using social media was not found to be more harmful than other forms of screen use.

Untold numbers of embryos are sitting in storage and studied in labs around the world.

Untold numbers of embryos are sitting in storage and studied in labs around the world.