Invasive species are can be hugely detrimental to marine ecosystems. Take Caulerpa taxifolia as an example.
Ecology
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The first 1.5 billion years of Earth's evolution is subject to considerable uncertainty due to the lack of any significant rock record prior to four billion years ago and a very limited record until about three billion years ...
Earth Sciences
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A study examining how certain decisions impact what farmers plant and harvest identified one crucial factor that researchers believe needs to be added to the list of decision variables when considering bioenergy crops: the ...
Environment
Nov 02, 2017
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The recent uproar about seats on a British Airways flight crawling with bedbugs is only one of the unintended consequences that urbanization worldwide has on evolution, say Marc Johnson, an associate professor of biology ...
Evolution
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For thousands of years, people have built civilizations with concrete made from readily available local materials. Just mix and heat, add some sand, stone and water and put it where you want it. Of course, give it time to ...
Engineering
Nov 02, 2017
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The catastrophic 2017 hurricane season provided ample demonstrations of the vulnerability of populations and infrastructure in coastal areas to natural disasters. A new study by scientists at UC Santa Cruz and the University ...
Environment
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The stars are aligning for Idaho—mainly because they're visible.
Space Exploration
Nov 02, 2017
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Truck rental company Ryder Systems Inc. is adding 125 fully electric vans to its fleet.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 02, 2017
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About 22,000 years ago, as the ice sheets that consumed much of North America and Europe began retreating, humans started to consume a fruit that today brings joy to millions of wine drinkers around the world: grapes.
Biotechnology
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Physicists at Emory University have shown how a system of lifeless particles can become "life-like" by collectively switching back and forth between crystalline and fluid states—even when the environment remains stable.
General Physics
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