Without bumble bees, a flowering plant that can self-pollinate lost substantial genetic variation within only nine generations, an experimental study found.
Evolution
Aug 10, 2022
0
1960
When climate researcher Dailson Bertassoli went to measure greenhouse gas emissions at the Belo Monte hydropower plant in Brazil, the first thing he noticed was the bubbles.
Environment
Jun 26, 2021
19
994
It has long been understood that a parent's DNA is the principal determinant of health and disease in offspring. Yet inheritance via DNA is only part of the story; a father's lifestyle such as diet, being overweight and stress ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 16, 2021
9
2811
Following the presidential election, a leading group of scientists are making the case that a 'rule reversal' will not be sufficient to allow the Endangered Species Act to do its job. Instead, they're calling for deeper improvements ...
Ecology
Nov 5, 2020
0
708
The lives of honeybees are shortened—with evidence of physiological stress—when they are exposed to the suggested application rates of two commercially available and widely used pesticides, according to new Oregon State ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 16, 2020
2
2822
Bacteria have a sense of their own number. They release and sense signaling molecules that accumulate with increasing cell numbers, which allows them to change their behavior when a certain group size is reached. A team of ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 5, 2020
0
85
New research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) suggests that male migration and poor working conditions for women combine with institutional failure or poverty to hamper women's ability to adapt to climate variability ...
Environment
Nov 25, 2019
2
22
Switching to renewables could cut the health impacts of air pollution from power generation as much as 80 percent by mid-century, experts said Tuesday.
Environment
Nov 19, 2019
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2348
A new study from North Carolina State University finds that educating children about climate change increases their parents' concerns about climate change.
Environment
May 6, 2019
3
65
An international group of researchers working on a wide range of species, from elephants and crows, to whales and chimpanzees, argues that animals' cultural knowledge needs to be taken into consideration when planning international ...
Ecology
Feb 26, 2019
0
379
