Research led by the University of Alicante's Ibero-American Centre for Biodiversity shows the adverse effects of a drug commonly administered to livestock, ivermectin, on populations of a key dung beetle in Mediterranean ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 6, 2015
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For the first time a powerful laser has been used to further our understanding of some of the most mysterious celestial objects just beyond the solar system - brown dwarfs.
Astronomy
Nov 6, 2015
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With Chapala's destructive landfall in Yemen just a couple of days in the past, a second tropical cyclone, Megh, has just formed in the Arabian Sea. This one is not forecast to become anywhere near as intense as Chapala did—though ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 6, 2015
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Research from the University of Reading, featured on the BBC's 'Autumnwatch' last night, shows how a rare bird of prey has made a return to British towns thanks to people feeding them.
Plants & Animals
Nov 6, 2015
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As technological advancements enable people to run faster, ride farther and hit harder, experts are using sensors to collect data that could reduce head trauma incidents for football, hockey, cycling and other sports.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 6, 2015
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Given the choice between safer and cheaper construction, many housing design companies in earthquake-prone developing countries see themselves forced to save on expensive construction materials and opt for the latter. EPFL ...
Engineering
Nov 6, 2015
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Shared intentions are part of our everyday life. They range from the banal, such as "we intend to go out to dinner tonight", to those with more far-reaching consequences like "we intend to form an alliance to defeat our ...
Evolution
Nov 6, 2015
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The transition to fully driverless cars is still several years away, but vehicle automation has already started to change the way we are thinking about transportation, and it is set to disrupt business models throughout the ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 6, 2015
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For those of us who have grown up in WA, a black cloud comprised of hundreds of cockatoos moving across the sky used to be a common sight.
Ecology
Nov 6, 2015
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As climate changes become impossible to dismiss, how does the mainstream investor community respond? Are financial decisions taking full account of risks and opportunities related to climate change, or is the topic still ...
Environment
Nov 6, 2015
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