There's a long-standing belief in the freshwater fishing community that once anglers find it too hard to land a particular fish for their dinner plate, they either move on to fishing for different species or fish in new waters, ...
Ecology
Nov 18, 2019
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University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have cultivated lifelike chemical reactions while pioneering a new strategy for studying the origin of life.
Biochemistry
Nov 14, 2019
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A new report analyzing decades of public opinion surveys reveals that the public's trust in scientists has remained stable and high over decades.
Social Sciences
Nov 14, 2019
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According to a new study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 40 years of reduced mercury use, emissions, and loading in the Great Lakes region have largely not produced equivalent declines ...
Environment
Nov 4, 2019
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Thousands of years ago, as humans tamed wild animals and plants into livestock and crops, their penchant for intoxication also led them to unwittingly domesticate a hidden workhorse of civilization: yeast.
Plants & Animals
Oct 21, 2019
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Researchers have discovered a previously unknown virus infecting nearly a third of America's bald eagle population.
Ecology
Oct 18, 2019
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Break any bone in the human body, and the body can repair the tissue and fix the damage. Yet tooth enamel—the strongest tissue in the human body—cannot repair itself. Still, our teeth last a lifetime.
Materials Science
Sep 27, 2019
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Before Europeans arrived in America, longleaf pine savannas sprawled across 90 million acres from present-day Florida to Texas and Virginia. Today, thanks to human impacts, less than 3 percent of that acreage remains and ...
Ecology
Sep 26, 2019
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A six-year-long, nationwide research project has concluded with solutions to help the dairy industry reduce greenhouse gas emissions while boosting profitability.
Environment
Sep 23, 2019
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Few things on earth strike fear into the hearts of men more profoundly than hair loss. But reversing baldness could someday be as easy as wearing a hat, thanks to a noninvasive, low-cost hair-growth-stimulating technology ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 19, 2019
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