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The bulk of American households meet this income threshold, according to the university, which says the new policy will cover 80% of its incoming classes.

Negotiators are gathering in South Korea in what’s billed as a final push to address the global crisis of plastic pollution ...

Above all, the scientific community must underscore the interconnectedness of scientific progress and public welfare, affirming that science, at its core, is an essential ally to a prosperous ...

Less than a month after the largest dam removal in the U.S. concludes, salmon are once more returning to spawn in cool creeks ...

Previously believed impossible, experts accomplished the first-of-its-kind feat thanks to two main ingredients: red algae, and hamster cells. Plants use photosynthesis to derive much of their ...