The annual bird migration has begun. Birding pros offer hope and advice
Peggy Stenger casually admits to having a freezer of dead birds.
Plants & Animals
May 12, 2022
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1,000-pound shark is tracked near New Jersey and North Carolina
A nearly 1,000-pound great white shark is making quite the splash as researchers track the behemoth ocean-dweller along the Atlantic coast of the United States.
Plants & Animals
May 12, 2022
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Space Exploration
May 12, 2022
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What killed the whales? Two found dead off the Florida Keys, and one towed to a marina
Two sperm whales died within seven days of each other in the Florida Keys, according to state and federal officials.
Plants & Animals
May 12, 2022
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US forests provide 83 million people with half their water
Forested lands across the U.S. provide 83 million people with at least half of their water, according to a broad new study of surface water sources for more than 5,000 public water systems. 125 million people, or about 38% ...
Earth Sciences
May 12, 2022
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Acoustic black holes as noise traps in wooden structures
Research is currently being completed at Empa on a world-first in the sound insulation of wooden buildings. Using a physical theory from the 1990s and the tools of digitization, a research team has developed new floor elements ...
General Physics
May 12, 2022
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Mapping a country's entire economy to predict—and prepare for—the next supply chain disruption
Researchers at the Complexity Science Hub Vienna (CSH) created a complete representation of Hungary's economy. They mapped the entire country's production network, including literally all of the relevant firms and all of ...
Economics & Business
May 12, 2022
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Quantum one-way street in topological insulator nanowires
Very thin wires made of a topological insulator could enable highly stable qubits, the building blocks of future quantum computers. Scientists see a new result in topological insulator devices as an important step towards ...
Nanophysics
May 12, 2022
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The genetic origins of the world's first farmers clarified
The genetic origins of the first agriculturalists in the Neolithic period long seemed to lie in the Near East. A new study published in the journal Cell shows that the first farmers actually represented a mixture of Ice Age ...
Evolution
May 12, 2022
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How cells correct errors under time pressure
How does a cell balance risk and speed when dividing? EPFL scientists have developed and experimentally tested the first mathematical theory that describes the cell's best strategy for dividing safely and efficiently.
Cell & Microbiology
May 12, 2022
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