Australia just experienced the second-warmest summer on record, with 2019 being the hottest year. Summer temperatures soared across the country, causing great economic and human loss. The good news is we can do something ...
Environment
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The World Meteorological Organisation today published a definitive climate report card showing concentrations of greenhouse gases continue to rise, and the last five years were the warmest on record.
Earth Sciences
Mar 11, 2020
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Imagine your employer asking you to work from home until further notice.
Economics & Business
Mar 11, 2020
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When it comes to conservation, more data is better—except when it's not.
Evolution
Mar 11, 2020
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The energy used to grow, process, package and transport food accounts for about a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions. But not all food is equally carbon-intensive. Researchers can measure the impact of different food ...
Environment
Mar 11, 2020
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Dung beetles play an important role helping clear up all the dung left by other animals in an environment.
Plants & Animals
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Graphene is 200 times stronger than steel and can be as much as six times lighter. These characteristics alone make it a popular material in manufacturing. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign recently ...
Nanophysics
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Compared with our closest relatives, the common chimpanzee and the bonobo, humans are pretty good at focusing exclusively on one mate at a time.
Social Sciences
Mar 11, 2020
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Researchers have explained how visual cortexes develop uniquely across the brains of different mammalian species. A KAIST research team led by Professor Se-Bum Paik from the Department of Bio and Brain Engineering has identified ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 11, 2020
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A study encompassing over 700 German shepherd dogs indicates that increased joint surface attrition is not the sole cause underlying the development of osteoarthritis associated with hip dysplasia.
Veterinary medicine
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