While whales and dolphins spend their entire life in the ocean, these air-breathing mammals actually evolved from terrestrial species. The transition from land to water in the ancestors of modern whales and dolphins about ...
Plants & Animals
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For the first time, scientists in Bremen were able to observe bacteria forming pearl chains that protrude from the cell surface. These pearl chains serve to better absorb and store substances from the environment. The researchers ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 26, 2019
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Scientists have confirmed for the first time that bacteria can change form to avoid being detected by antibiotics in the human body.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 26, 2019
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Fossil animal droppings, charcoal from ancient fires and bone fragments litter the ground of one of the world's most important human evolution sites, new research reveals.
Archaeology
Sep 26, 2019
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More than two million wild animals, including jaguars, pumas and llamas, have perished in weeks of wildfires that devastated huge swaths of Bolivian forest and grassland, environmental experts said Wednesday.
Environment
Sep 26, 2019
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Iver Valencia goes out at dusk each evening during nesting season with a group of lantern-wielding villagers to walk a stretch of Panamanian beach. Their mission: to find nests where olive ridley sea turtles lay their eggs ...
Ecology
Sep 26, 2019
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Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is teaming up with California to use satellites to track climate pollutants.
Environment
Sep 26, 2019
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Male mice that spent more than a month in space were able to successfully reproduce back on Earth, a study has found, the first evidence of how space travel affects reproduction in mammals.
Space Exploration
Sep 26, 2019
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An Emirati has made history as the first Arab to reach the International Space Station, after blasting off from Kazakhstan.
Space Exploration
Sep 26, 2019
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The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has published a best-practices guide—based on years of ISSF scientific research and fleet collaboration worldwide, including at skippers workshops—to help tuna ...
Ecology
Sep 26, 2019
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