For anyone who has ever wished there were more hours in the day, geoscientists have some good news: Days on Earth are getting longer.
Earth Sciences
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A tiny clue found in ancient sediment has unlocked big secrets about Greenland's past and future climate.
Earth Sciences
Jun 4, 2018
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Poison dart frogs are well known for their deadly toxins and bright colours, which have made them a classic example of warning coloration.
Plants & Animals
Jun 4, 2018
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Chemical analysis of the remains of rats from archaeological sites spanning the last 2000 years on three Polynesian island systems has shown the impact of humans on local environments. The analysis by an international team ...
Archaeology
Jun 4, 2018
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In the fight against herbicide resistance, farmers are working with a shrinking toolkit. Waterhemp, a weedy nemesis of corn and soybean farmers, has developed resistance to multiple herbicide modes of action, often in the ...
Ecology
Jun 4, 2018
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Researchers from North Carolina State University have created a new online service—ChemMaps—that allows users to interactively navigate the chemical space of over 8,000 drugs and 47,000 environmental compounds in 3-D ...
Materials Science
Jun 4, 2018
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Bumper car-like interactions at the edges of our solar system—and not a mysterious ninth planet—may explain the dynamics of strange bodies called "detached objects," according to a new study.
Astronomy
Jun 4, 2018
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This year, plastic pollution is the main theme of International Environment Day, celebrated on June 5.
Environment
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When bosses yell at you, your day can be ruined. It can also ruin theirs, though, and lead to major behavioral changes that flip their attitudes at work.
Social Sciences
Jun 4, 2018
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A Rutgers-led team of physicists has demonstrated a way to conduct electricity between transistors without energy loss, opening the door to low-power electronics and, potentially, quantum computing that would be far faster ...
General Physics
Jun 4, 2018
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