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As negotiators haggle over a global treaty to curb plastics pollution, a flood of data outlines how a treaty could make a difference.

The island nation is expanding its territory by dredging up sediment from the ocean floor. But scientists, former government officials and activists say such reclamation can harm marine ecosystems and make the country more vulnerable to rising seas.

Family tree of ‘octocorals’ pushes origin of bioluminescence back to 540 million years ago, when the first animal species developed eyes.

Tiny 3D structures made from human stem cells sometimes offer insights that animal models cannot.