America's new normal: A degree hotter than two decades ago
America's new normal temperature is a degree hotter than it was just two decades ago.
Environment
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Bringing up baby: A crocodile's changing niche
Relatives of the giant crocodile might have been kings of the waterways during the Cretaceous period, eating anything—including dinosaurs—that got a little too close to the water's edge, but the largest of these apex ...
Plants & Animals
May 4, 2021
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How big is a 'fragment'?
When a drinking glass falls on the floor and breaks, the shards will vary in size from large to extremely small. For the broken glass of a bus shelter, the story is different: all fragments have roughly the same size. Researchers ...
Materials Science
May 4, 2021
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Tiny plastic particles in the environment
Wherever scientists look, they can spot them: whether in remote mountain lakes, in Arctic sea ice, in the deep-ocean floor or in air samples, even in edible fish—thousands upon thousands of microscopic plastic particles ...
Bio & Medicine
May 4, 2021
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Confirmation of an auroral phenomenon
A new auroral phenomenon discovered by Finnish researchers a year ago is probably caused by areas of increased oxygen atom density occurring in an atmospheric wave channel. The speculative explanation offered by the researchers ...
Earth Sciences
May 4, 2021
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New look at a bright stellar nursery
This overlay shows radio (orange) and infrared images of a giant molecular cloud called W49A, where new stars are being formed. A team of astronomers led by Chris DePree of Agnes Scott College used the National Science Foundation's ...
Astronomy
May 4, 2021
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Pyrosomes: Enigmatic marine inhabitants with an important role in the Cabo Verde ecosystem
Pyrosomes, named after the Greek words for 'fire bodies' due their bright bioluminescence, are pelagic tunicates that spend their entire lives swimming in the open ocean. They are made up of many smaller animals, known as ...
Plants & Animals
May 4, 2021
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Polarization and mobilization on social media affect infection figures
Measures to contain the Corona pandemic are the subject of politically charged debate and tend to polarize segments of the population. Those who support the measures motivate their acquaintances to follow the rules, while ...
Social Sciences
May 4, 2021
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Insights from color-blind octopus help fight human sight loss
University of Bristol research into octopus vision has led to a quick and easy test that helps optometrists identify people who are at greater risk of macular degeneration, the leading cause of incurable sight loss.
Plants & Animals
May 4, 2021
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Strategic formulation of common cement could have a big impact on water purification
Researchers have found the right formula for mixing a cement that does double duty as a structural material and a passive photocatalytic water purifier with a built-in means of replenishment: simply sand down the material's ...
Materials Science
May 4, 2021
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