A 3D model of a 400-million-year-old fossil has shed light on an enduring mystery about how some of Earth's first plants evolved and helped make the planet liveable.
Biotechnology
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Fewer than one hundred kilometers lie between the flood-ravaged district of Ahrweiler and the volcanic lakes in the Eifel. These maars have now provided evidence that weather extremes could increase. Researchers at Johannes ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 24, 2021
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Manatee deaths reported in the past half-century include nearly 5,000 from boat strikes, water structures and red tides.
Plants & Animals
Aug 24, 2021
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A team of researchers at the University of Sydney has found that invasive cane toad tadpoles have given their species an advantage in Australia by eating the hatchlings of native toads. In their paper published in Proceedings ...
In addition to needs such as food, water, shelter, and medical care, social contact is an important aspect of welfare for animals, just as it is for humans. Yet early socialization of dairy calves is sometimes given lesser ...
Plants & Animals
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The Antarctic Ice Sheet, Earth's southern polar ice sheet, has grown and receded and grown again over millions of years. This changing mass influences the planet's climate and sea levels, with historic data recorded in sediment, ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 24, 2021
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A study that monitored surface waters in the wake of 2018's Hurricane Florence finds that waters contaminated by fecal bacteria were affected by both human and swine waste.
Environment
Aug 24, 2021
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Cosmic rays are charged subnuclear particles that move close to the speed of light, constantly raining down on the Earth. These particles are relativistic, as defined by Albert Einstein's special relativity, and manage to ...
Plasma Physics
Aug 24, 2021
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Carnivorous animals lack key genes needed to detect and respond to infection by pathogens, a study has found. Farming large numbers of carnivores, like mink, could allow the formation of undetected 'disease reservoirs', in ...
Evolution
Aug 24, 2021
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There's been an age-old question going back to Darwin's time about the relationships among the world's five living rhinoceros species. One reason answers have been hard to come by is that most rhinos went extinct before the ...
Plants & Animals
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