Biologists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill may have good news for male songbirds: You might not have to be a stud to attract a mate.
Plants & Animals
Oct 16, 2014
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A team led by astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy has created the first three-dimensional map of the 'adolescent' Universe, just 3 billion years after the Big Bang. This map, built from data collected ...
Astronomy
Oct 16, 2014
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This 300 m-resolution image reveals the human impact on the world's largest tropical rainforest. The brownish colours indicate deforested areas – note the distinctive 'fishbone' pattern as main roads are cut through an ...
Environment
Oct 16, 2014
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Six astronaut-like crew members have embarked on the longest dedicated space travel simulation ever conducted on U.S. soil.
Space Exploration
Oct 16, 2014
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How important is the soil beneath our feet to what grows above it?
Environment
Oct 16, 2014
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Diverse plant communities are more successful and enable higher crop yields than pure monocultures, a European research team headed by ecologists from the University of Zurich has discovered. The scientists are convinced ...
Ecology
Oct 16, 2014
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On Sept. 20, NASA launched a sequel to a classic Earth science mission that was a hit with researchers and forecasters of hurricanes and other tropical cyclones. Unlike many Hollywood remakes, this one promises to be a star ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 16, 2014
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A NASA spacecraft designed to track Earth's water in one of its most important, but least recognized forms—soil moisture—now is at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, to begin final preparations for launch in January.
Earth Sciences
Oct 16, 2014
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Kazutomo Suenaga of the Nanotube Research Center of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and Ryosuke Senga of the Nano-carbon Characterization Team, NTRC, AIST, have synthesized an atomic ...
Nanophysics
Oct 16, 2014
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Scientists have found evidence for a huge mountain range that sustained an explosion of life on Earth 600 million years ago.
Earth Sciences
Oct 16, 2014
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