Research by an international team of scientists has shed new light on the nutritional quality of whitefish, revealing that the tasty fish is best to eat in late summer. Whitefish growth and spawning cycles lead to differences ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 5, 2019
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Chinese and Rutgers scientists have discovered how aquatic plants cope with water pollution, a major ecological question that could help boost their use in wastewater treatment, biofuels, antibiotics and other applications.
Biotechnology
Sep 5, 2019
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Morality plays a role in everyday lives, from interactions with friends and strangers, to political views and social influences. Social psychologists from the University of Pennsylvania wanted to know whether there was a ...
Social Sciences
Sep 5, 2019
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Male lava lizards are sensitive to the timing of their opponents' responses during contest displays, with quicker responses being perceived as more aggressive, a study in Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology suggests.
Plants & Animals
Sep 5, 2019
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Tokyo 2020 Olympic chiefs have already rolled out everything from misting stations to flowerbeds to beat the heat at next year's games, and now they want to let it snow.
Environment
Sep 5, 2019
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Hurricane Dorian has claimed at least 20 lives, Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said, warning the storm had caused "generational devastation" as it moved towards the US east coast.
Environment
Sep 5, 2019
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Wildfires raging in Bolivia's forests and grasslands since May have destroyed 1.7 million hectares (4.2 million acres), officials said Wednesday, amid an $11 million effort by the government to contain them.
Environment
Sep 5, 2019
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Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday issued a new rule reversing a requirement for all new light bulbs to be energy-efficient by 2020, a move welcomed by industry but strongly criticized by climate change groups.
Environment
Sep 5, 2019
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Seven months after Huang Yu's pet cat Garlic died, the British shorthair was given a 10th life.
Plants & Animals
Sep 5, 2019
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Russia's Novatek on Thursday announced the launch of a major liquefied natural gas project in the Arctic with Chinese, French and Japanese partners.
Environment
Sep 5, 2019
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