In the summer of 2021, Canada's all-time temperature record was smashed by almost 5℃. Its new record of 49.6℃ is hotter than anything ever recorded in Spain, Turkey or indeed anywhere in Europe.
Earth Sciences
Apr 30, 2023
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Languages are a key factor in human societies. They connect people, serve as a vehicle to pass on knowledge and ideas, but they also distinguish between different groups of people. Languages can therefore tell us a lot about ...
Social Sciences
Dec 5, 2023
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Scientists have figured out why vampire bats are the only mammals that can survive on a diet of just blood.
Plants & Animals
Mar 25, 2022
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The fossil of a jaw bone could prove that domesticated dogs lived in Central America as far back as 12,000 years ago, according to a study by Latin American scientists.
Archaeology
Oct 12, 2021
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Geologists have long thought tectonic plates move because they are pulled by the weight of their sinking portions and that an underlying, hot, softer layer called asthenosphere serves as a passive lubricant. But a team of ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 11, 2021
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Copper is all around us. The metal is both ever-present and invisible in our world. Copper makes reading the words on this screen possible. And the global spread of artificial light, electric power and telecommunications ...
Materials Science
Jan 23, 2023
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A consortium of environmental scientists has expressed strong concern about the impact of a controversial Central American canal across Nicaragua.
Environment
Mar 4, 2015
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The immune system of the blue whale is as good as the human's and other land mammals; the species is healthy and could resist an epidemic of bacteria or fungi. Disclosed in the first study of its kind to be carried out globally ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 10, 2013
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A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Argentina has found chromosomal evidence of people living in South America as far back as 18,000 years ago. The group has published a paper describing their work ...
The eastern half of the U.S is one of the principal hot spots for severe thunderstorm activity, especially tornadoes, globally. The standard explanation for this outcome is the combination high terrain to the west and the ...
Environment
Aug 23, 2021
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