As their natural habitats continue to be destroyed, increasing numbers of displaced endangered mammals are taken to sanctuaries and rehabilitation centres worldwide. The ultimate goal of these centres is often reintroduction: ...
Plants & Animals
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Scientists at the University of Aberdeen have deepened our understanding of how polar ice escapes into the ocean by studying a site in mainland Europe.
Earth Sciences
Feb 25, 2016
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The ABC's flagship science journalism TV programme, Catalyst, has riled the scientific community once again. And, in a similar vein to Catalyst's controversial 2013 report on the link between statins, cholesterol and heart ...
Social Sciences
Feb 25, 2016
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with Harvard University has conducted a series of experiments that has led to evidence showing that sexual reproduction allows for speedier adaptation than does cloning, helping to explain ...
Chimpanzees have an ancient common ancestor—or genetic 'Adam'—that lived over one million years ago, according to University of Leicester geneticists.
Plants & Animals
Feb 25, 2016
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Radioactive isotopes typically take four years to reach the Norwegian coast from Sellafield on the north-eastern coast of England. Researchers like Yongqi Gao follow the radioactive waste to understand how ocean currents ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 25, 2016
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A team of Spanish researchers, with the participation of the University of Granada (UGR), has accurately detected a structure in the innermost region of a quasar (small, very far objects that emit huge amounts of energy, ...
Astronomy
Feb 25, 2016
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The preservation of traditional sports and games could soon be guaranteed by new, cost-effective motion sensing technologies.
Engineering
Feb 25, 2016
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A QUT researcher is calling on education departments to take notice of the growing trend of children taught at home and investigate its success or not.
Social Sciences
Feb 25, 2016
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Western Australia's lupin (Lupinus) industry has narrowly dodged a bullet through the rediscovery of the potentially devastating grey leaf spot disease (caused by the plant fungus Stemphylium spp.).
Biotechnology
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