Norwegian scientists have seen polar bears eating dolphins in the Arctic for the first time ever and blame global warming for the bears expanding their diet.
Ecology
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Popular opinion says that tropical storms and hurricanes that make landfall mitigate droughts in the southeastern United States.
Earth Sciences
Jun 12, 2015
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From the east of France all the way to Russia, the hazel dormouse now inhabits practically the whole of Europe. However, on the Iberian Peninsula it is absent where its first remains were found, which date from the Miocene, ...
Archaeology
Jun 12, 2015
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Imagine you are in charge of the switch on a trolley track.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jun 12, 2015
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Japan's space agency JAXA has announced its intention to send a spacecraft to one of Mar's moons, collect a sample from its surface and then return to Earth to allow for analyzing the sample. If successful, it would be the ...
Researchers searching for the rare arid bronze azure butterfly (Ogyris subterrestris petrina), which recently had its conservation status upgraded to critically endangered, are utilising existing data on ant nests to find ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 12, 2015
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Henricus Martellus, a German cartographer working in Florence in the late 15th century, produced a highly detailed map of the known world. According to experts, there is strong evidence that Christopher Columbus studied this ...
Archaeology
Jun 12, 2015
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The cement industry is one of the largest sources worldwide of carbon emissions, accounting for around five per cent of global emissions. New technologies being developed by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology ...
Environment
Jun 12, 2015
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In a few days' time, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and its experiments will be taking a short break. This five-day breather is the first of three technical stops scheduled for the accelerator during the 2015 operating period, ...
General Physics
Jun 12, 2015
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If the Digital Single Market launched by the European Commission in May this year is to become a reality, the fragmented field of data management needs to be addressed quickly. Current cloud computing practices often sacrifice ...
Business
Jun 12, 2015
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