Bitcoin transaction fees—financial rewards for adding certain records to a blockchain ahead of others—keep the cryptocurrency functioning, but may threaten its long-term viability and contribute to its energy waste, according ...
Economics & Business
Oct 31, 2019
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Swinburne and Museums Victoria have announced the discovery of several theropod bones, including a 20 centimeter long hand claw, from the Otway Coast of Victoria.
Archaeology
Oct 31, 2019
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Bacteria in groundwater move in surprising ways. They can passively ride flowing groundwater, or they can actively move on their own in what scientists call "run and tumble" behavior. However, most numerical models of bacterial ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 31, 2019
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If you have a purebred dog, it's likely that he or she looks fairly similar to other dogs of the same breed, especially when it comes to the color of their coats.
Plants & Animals
Oct 31, 2019
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Early this August, the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued yet another in a series of grave and disquieting reports outlining the extreme challenges placed on the Earth's systems by the climate crisis. Most ...
Environment
Oct 31, 2019
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Vitamin E is a strong antioxidant that could act as a sentinel in plants, sending molecular signs from chloroplast, a cell organelle, to the nucleus under extreme environmental conditions. This is among the conclusions of ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 31, 2019
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Brazilian researchers have discovered a new species of fungus gnat (Keroplatidae) whose larvae emit blue light. The small fly inhabits an Atlantic Rainforest reserve in São Paulo State. This is the first record of a blue ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 31, 2019
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Compared to a decade ago, today the number of insect species in many areas has decreased by about one-third. This is the result of a survey of an international research team led by scientists from the Technical University ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 31, 2019
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New York can stake a claim to being the culinary capital of the world, but one famous dish is about to be taken off the menu: foie gras.
Plants & Animals
Oct 31, 2019
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With fish stocks declining in the Mediterranean, struggling Moroccan fishermen are hoping to turn to aquaculture as a way to secure their future.
Ecology
Oct 31, 2019
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