An analysis of web sales data from the top 100 US online retailers shows that digital sales channels including direct website visits, display ads, e-mail marketing, organic search, paid search, referrals, and social media ...
Economics & Business
Aug 5, 2021
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Neanderthals, long perceived to have been unsophisticated and brutish, really did paint stalagmites in a Spanish cave more than 60,000 years ago, according to a study published on Monday.
Archaeology
Aug 2, 2021
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The fairy circles of the Namib are one of nature's greatest mysteries. Millions of these circular barren patches extend over vast areas along the margins of the desert in Namibia. In 1979, G.K. Theron published the first ...
Ecology
Jun 9, 2021
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Reducing net greenhouse gas emissions to zero as soon as possible and achieving "carbon neutrality" is the key to addressing global warming and climate change. The ocean is the largest active carbon pool on the planet, with ...
Earth Sciences
May 6, 2021
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How did life begin on Earth and could it exist elsewhere? Researchers at Simon Fraser University have isolated a genetic clue—an enzyme known as an RNA polymerase—that provides new insights about the origins of life. ...
Evolution
Mar 19, 2021
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It is still unclear how the Neanderthals died out. For long, one theory seemed most likely: the emergence of the highly intelligent Homo sapiens, or modern humans. This competition hypothesis is no longer the dominant theory ...
Archaeology
Mar 2, 2021
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Human females rely on aids like charting, test strips or wearable tech to identify periods of fertility. Some animals, like baboons, undergo obvious physical changes during ovulation. How did fertility become so hard to detect ...
Evolution
Jan 25, 2021
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If you saw the first episode of David Attenborough's new BBC series Perfect Planet, you will have seen the astounding bloodsucking behaviour of the vampire finches. These small birds exist only on two remote islands in the ...
Ecology
Jan 19, 2021
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Dull, featureless camouflage provides better protection from predators than zebra stripes, according to a new study.
Plants & Animals
Jan 12, 2021
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Chemists at Scripps Research have made a discovery that supports a surprising new view of how life originated on our planet.
Materials Science
Dec 28, 2020
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