When we think of the term "natural disaster," we think of the horrific events like Hurricane Katrina, the fires and floods ripping through California, and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Each of these events began with a natural ...
Environment
Mar 15, 2023
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According to a study published by the journal Scientific Reports, when the anthropization of beehives decreases, the relative abundance of their beneficial bacteria increases
Ecology
Mar 13, 2023
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Even birds value efficiency in communication.
Plants & Animals
Mar 3, 2023
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New research examining the perilous state of dying species calls for urgent international conservation efforts to develop unified management plans that could help plants and animals return from the brink of extinction.
Plants & Animals
Feb 23, 2023
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Like a merchant of old, balancing the weights of two different commodities on a scale, nature can keep different genetic traits in balance as a species evolves over millions of years.
Evolution
Feb 21, 2023
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Large carnivores are critical to the balance of an ecosystem. In Yellowstone National Park in the western US, gray wolves keep elk populations at a healthy level. This prevents vegetation from being overgrazed and leads to ...
Ecology
Feb 20, 2023
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Over the past 20 years a steady trickle of scientific papers has reported that there are fewer insects than there used to be. Both the combined weight (what scientists call biomass) and diversity of insect species have declined. ...
Ecology
Feb 15, 2023
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Systematically attenuating DNA targeting activity can achieve CRISPR-driven editing in bacteria, greatly boosting colony counts and even increasing the frequency of precise genome editing. This was shown in a study of the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 9, 2023
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The harmonious coexistence between human society and nature has prompted the rapid development of advanced manufacturing. Typically, green biomanufacturing, which uses renewable resources as raw materials and enzymes or microorganisms ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 7, 2023
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Long believed to be a uniquely human trait crucial for communication, visible white sclera—the "whites of the eye"—occur more commonly in chimpanzees and other mammals than previously reported, finds a new study from ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 6, 2023
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