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Business Feb 20, 2019

From Echo to Ring doorbell and Fire TV, are you comfortable Amazon with controlling your smart home?

Amazon acquired another startup this week, the maker of the beloved tech product Eero, a mesh router that improves dead Wi-Fi spots in the home. To that, you might have said, OK, so?

Business Feb 15, 2019

Amazon's exit could scare off tech companies from New York

Amazon jilted New York City on Valentine's Day, scrapping plans to build a massive headquarters campus in Queens amid fierce opposition from politicians angry about nearly $3 billion in tax breaks and the company's anti-union ...

Ecology Feb 14, 2019

Polar bear 'invasion': how climate change is making human-wildlife conflicts worse

The ten hottest years on record were all during the past two decades and the hottest global ocean temperatures ever were recorded in 2018 – a heat increase from 2017 equivalent to 100 million times that of the Hiroshima ...

Ecology Feb 10, 2019

Russian Arctic archipelago sounds alarm over aggressive polar bears

A Russian Arctic archipelago on Saturday declared an emergency situation over an "invasion" of dozens of aggressive polar bears that have entered homes and public buildings.

Ecology Feb 6, 2019

Wild wolves in crosshairs of German politics

The sneak attack happened at a cemetery and quickly turned into a whodunnit that fired up a heated debate about the return of wolves to the wild in Germany.

Plants & Animals Jan 31, 2019

Solving the mystery of Serengeti's vanishing wild dogs

In 1991, a strange thing happened in the wilds of Tanzania's Serengeti National Park.

Plants & Animals Jan 30, 2019

For some whales, sonar may provoke suicidal behaviour: study

Scientists have long known that some beaked whales beach themselves and die in agony after exposure to naval sonar, and now they know why: the giant sea mammals suffer decompression sickness, just like scuba divers.

Social Sciences Jan 21, 2019

The Victorians caused the meat eating crisis the world faces today—but they might help us solve it

Increasing consumption of meat rich diets throughout the world in the 21st century raises pressing concerns about human health, animal welfare and environmental sustainability. Too much mass-produced meat is bad for us, bad ...

Plants & Animals Jan 14, 2019

What happens after you take injured wildlife to the vet?

Australia's wildlife is unique and endearing, with many species found nowhere else in the world. Unfortunately, it isn't rare to encounter sick or injured wildlife around your home or by the side of the road. My research, ...

Ecology Dec 22, 2018

Protected Chilean sea lions are the 'enemy' of fishermen

Off the coast of Chile, fisherman face competition from a cunning carnivorous hunter that has decimated their industry due to its voracious appetite.

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