Almost 2 million years ago, a young ancient human died beside a spring near a lake in what is now Tanzania, in eastern Africa. After archaeologists uncovered his fossilized bones in 1960, they used them to define Homo habilis—the ...
Paleontology & Fossils
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Using a mix of airborne and satellite images as well as data from ground sensors, a UCLA-led research team has reconstructed how the shape and reach of the methane plumes from the 2015–16 Aliso Canyon gas blowout evolved ...
Earth Sciences
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The common weasel, stoat, and European polecat may be silently disappearing from the Dutch landscape. At least, that is what biologists suspect. These animals are so elusive and difficult to study that we actually know very ...
Plants & Animals
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When you think about your environmental footprint, what comes to mind first? Maybe the flights you take, the car you drive or whether you choose the train instead. Perhaps it is the plastic you try to avoid, the clothes you ...
Environment
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In early November 1927, the front pages of newspapers all over France featured photographs not of the usual politicians, aviators or sporting events, but of a group of archaeologists engaged in excavation. The slow, painstaking ...
Archaeology
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From the Greeks and the Romans to the Ottoman empire, the history of Sardis, Turkey, is one of persistent turnover. But its archaeological investigation has been remarkably consistent. Since 1958, the ancient city has been ...
Archaeology
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A new study published in Nature Biotechnology shows that stem cell differentiation is linked to cellular structures called P-bodies, providing a potential means of controlling cell identity. Researchers at Baylor College ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Climate change is reshaping weather patterns around the world, with monsoons, droughts, hurricanes and heat waves all occurring with greater frequency and intensity. Aside from disturbing ecosystems, these environmental shifts ...
Environment
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Towering structures must be able to bend and sway when subjected to the forces of wind and ground movement, or they will topple, whether it's a building, a geological formation, tree—or even a cactus.
Plants & Animals
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A new study led by Prof. Shao Hua at the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography (XIEG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed that aridity and grazing jointly reduce the resistance of plant communities, thereby ...
Ecology
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