In the midst of the ongoing global biodiversity crisis, even the smallest habitats like ponds demand our attention. Fragmentation of these habitats—driven by human activities like urbanization, agriculture, and land-use changes—poses ...
Ecology
Dec 18, 2024
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MIT physicists have created a new and long-lasting magnetic state in a material, using only light.
Condensed Matter
Dec 18, 2024
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In spring 1495, the Italian campaign of Charles VIII of France was interrupted by an intense outbreak of an apparently unknown illness—a disease of high mortality that quickly engulfed the whole of Europe and left its survivors ...
Archaeology
Dec 18, 2024
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Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute have generated human stem cell models which, for the first time, contain notochord—a tissue in the developing embryo that acts like a navigation system, directing cells where to build ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 18, 2024
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Scientists have spotted a massive black hole in the early universe that is "napping" after stuffing itself with too much food. Like a bear gorging itself on salmon before hibernating for the winter, or a much-needed nap after ...
Astronomy
Dec 18, 2024
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More than a decade ago, dark matter experts Daniel Akerib and Thomas Shutt joined the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, continuing their mission to uncover the elusive substance. SLAC recently caught ...
General Physics
Dec 18, 2024
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Climate change intensified Cyclone Chido as it barreled toward the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte, said a preliminary study by scientists studying the link between global warming and tropical storms.
Environment
Dec 18, 2024
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Russia Wednesday expanded an operation to clean up thousands of tonnes of oil that spilt into the sea and contaminated 50 kilometers of beaches after tanker ships were wrecked in a storm.
Environment
Dec 18, 2024
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Pakistani veterinary surgeons found that a bacterial infection killed an elephant at a safari park in the city of Karachi earlier this month, a veterinarian with a global animal welfare organization said Wednesday.
Veterinary medicine
Dec 18, 2024
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The last meteor shower of the year—the Ursids—peaks Sunday, a few days before Christmas.
Space Exploration
Dec 18, 2024
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