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n 2007, a tundra fire covering covered over 1000 square kilometres put as much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as the entire Arctic tundra normally absorbs in a year. This one catastrophic fire doubled the total amount of Alaskan tundra burned since 1950. (more…)

After being hidden from view for three years during a whopping £46 million refurbishment, the dramatically redesigned National Museum of Scotland will finally been unveiled to the public this week. As part of the reopening, museum curators have taken the opportunity to develop new exhibits – and dust off some of the lesser-known curiosities in the collection. (more…)

Combine sunlight and sewage and what do you get? Sanitation, of course.

Michael Hoffmann at the California Institute of Technology has been experimenting with solar-powered water treatment on a small scale. Now he plans to incorporate this technology into a portable toilet. (more…)

New research shows that children born after unplanned pregnancies develop more slowly than children whose parents had planned their pregnancy.

However, once the results are adjusted to take into account socioeconomic factors, these differences disappear. (more…)