Intense fishing of primarily larger fish not only makes fish populations smaller, it changes the remaining fish. When the fish which have a chance to reproduce before being caught are smaller and have reached sexual maturity ...
Ecology
Mar 2, 2016
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Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT) have tested a new way to improve the colour, clarity and lustre of rubies: microwaves. The study, conducted by Subhashree Swain, is published in Springer's journal Applied ...
Materials Science
Mar 2, 2016
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STARS4ALL, a European Union project which started at the end of 2015 —The International Year of Light— will bring together for the first time groups related to information technology, social science, economics, astronomy ...
Space Exploration
Mar 2, 2016
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A group of European NGOs on Wednesday sued agri-giant Monsanto and the EU's food safety watchdog for allegedly distorting scientific data on the carcinogenic effects of controversial weedkiller glyphosate, ahead of a key ...
Biotechnology
Mar 2, 2016
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Long known as the world's biggest jailer, the United States is experimenting with prison reform. California's prison downsizing experiment is the nation's largest. But Republican states are the ones leading the way, according ...
Social Sciences
Mar 2, 2016
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"My opponent is a liar. And, he can't be trusted."
Social Sciences
Mar 2, 2016
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The U.S. produces over 1 billion tons of manure, including human waste, every year.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 2, 2016
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The production of formal bone tools, defined as artefacts that were cut, carved, polished or otherwise modified to produce fully shaped points, awls, harpoons and wedges, appears relatively late in human history, and is only ...
Archaeology
Mar 2, 2016
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Over the past three decades, representatives of all major Mesozoic bird groups have been reported from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of northeastern China. A new species, Chongmingia zhengi, reported in the journal of ...
Archaeology
Mar 2, 2016
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Genetics and specific brain regions are linked to sex differences in chimpanzees' scratching behavior, a common indicator of anxiety in humans and others primates, according to a research study led by Georgia State University ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 2, 2016
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