From the snowcapped peaks of Tibet to the tropical island of Hainan, China is sweltering under the worst heatwave in decades while rainfall hit records in June.
Environment
Jul 5, 2022
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The discovery of panda fossils in China has helped researchers solve the mystery of how the giant species developed a "false thumb" and became the only dedicated vegetarian in the bear family.
Paleontology & Fossils
Jul 3, 2022
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Coral is a complicated holobiont, harboring an array of life forms at different scales, including coral cells, zooxanthellae, and associated bacteria, archaea and viruses.
Ecology
Jul 1, 2022
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When is a thumb not a thumb? When it's an elongated wrist bone of the giant panda used to grasp bamboo. Through its long evolutionary history, the panda's hand has never developed a truly opposable thumb and instead evolved ...
Evolution
Jun 30, 2022
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Researchers studying ancient sea bed burrows and trails have discovered that bottom burrowing animals were among the first to bounce back after the end-Permian mass extinction.
Paleontology & Fossils
Jun 29, 2022
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Record floods in southern China this month displaced more than half a million people, while searing heat buckled roads in other parts of the country.
Environment
Jun 25, 2022
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A research team led by Prof. Gan Jianping, director of the Center for Ocean Research Hong Kong and Macau (CORE) at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), carried out field observations and conducted numerical ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 17, 2022
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Researchers from the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Paleoenvironment at the University of Tübingen have identified fossils of a previously unknown crocodile species in Vietnam. The nearly four-meter-long, almost ...
Paleontology & Fossils
May 19, 2022
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Magnesium alloys are widely used due to their excellent mechanical strength, creep resistance, damping performance and heat-conducting property.
Analytical Chemistry
May 11, 2022
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The outer-core size of tropical cyclones (TCs) is vital for evaluating their destructive potential. It is usually defined as the radius of gale-force wind (R17), but accurately forecasting R17 is challenging owing to our ...
Environment
Apr 26, 2022
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