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How Logical Are You? Test Your Skills With These Problems from the New International Logic OlympiadIn only its second year, the International Logic Olympiad is already…

The “broken” water sector in England and Wales faces an era of much tighter oversight after a landmark review, including the creation of a new sector…

One of the biggest stories in science is quietly playing out in the world of abstract mathematics. Over the course of last year, researchers fulfilled a…

Hundreds of captive-bred, critically endangered frogs are managing to survive after being released at a fast-flowing mountain stream near Mount Beauty in Victoria, with some moving…

As the likes of Ford and Mercedes retreat, China is building factories and bringing affordable electric vehicles and hybrids to one of the world’s biggest markets…

Illegal logging and deforestation are on the rise in Liberia, home to almost half of West Africa’s surviving tropical forests. Corruption is rife and cocoa farmers from…

Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman.You may have noticed we’ve been taking a bit of a break from our…

Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young says $14m in federal funding is “nowhere near what will be needed” to support South Australian communities dealing with the state’s algal…

When lightning struck on 4 July along the remote North Rim of Grand Canyon national park, sparking a small wildfire in a patch of dry forest,…

Brain Science Reveals Why Waking Up Can Be Such a StruggleNeuroscientists have found that the brain can wake up in different ways, explaining why some mornings…