Species more likely to die out with rapid climate change
An ever warmer climate could be bad news for species that depend on stable and abundant access to food at certain times of the year.
An ever warmer climate could be bad news for species that depend on stable and abundant access to food at certain times of the year.
Plants & Animals
Nov 5, 2020
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Scientists in Washington state have discovered the first nest of so-called murder hornets in the United States and plan to wipe it out Saturday to protect native honeybees, officials said.
Ecology
Oct 23, 2020
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Humans with a high cholesterol fear the "bad cholesterol"—the so-called low-density lipoprotein (LDL)—because it is genetic and cannot be regulated with medication. However, a healthy occurrence of LDL is important for ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 8, 2020
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Furloughs and layoffs are traumatic—especially during a pandemic—but new research from Rice University offers ways employers can ease the emotional impact when they deliver the bad news to their workers.
Economics & Business
Sep 22, 2020
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A United Arab Emirates spacecraft rocketed into blue skies from a Japanese launch center Monday at the start of a seven-month journey to Mars on the Arab world's first interplanetary mission.
Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2020
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The colossus iceberg that split from Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf on 12 July 2017 is now in the open waters of the South Atlantic near the South Orkney Islands, about 1,050 km from its birthplace. Having lost two chunks ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 10, 2020
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To stay current about the COVID-19 pandemic, people need to process health information when they read the news. Inevitably, that means people will be exposed to health misinformation, too, in the form of false content, often ...
Social Sciences
Jul 9, 2020
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Despite the active ongoing taxonomic progress on Madagascar's frogs, the amphibian inventory of this hyper-diverse island is still very far from being complete. The known diversity of the diamond frog genus Rhombophryne in ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 16, 2020
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The U.S. military's mystery space plane rocketed toward orbit again Sunday, this time with an extra load of science experiments.
Space Exploration
May 17, 2020
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A Chinese government-backed team plans to summit Mount Everest this week at a time when the world's tallest peak has been closed to commercial climbers.
Environment
May 17, 2020
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