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Ecology Sep 28, 2016

Human settlement and abundant fruit create ecological trap for grizzlies

With its rustic small mountain towns, postcard-perfect vistas, and abundance of "pow" days, British Columbia's East Kootenay region has an undeniable lure for outdoor enthusiasts of all varieties—and the appeal extends ...

Biotechnology Sep 23, 2016

To produce biopharmaceuticals on demand, just add water

Researchers at MIT and other institutions have created tiny freeze-dried pellets that include all of the molecular machinery needed to translate DNA into proteins, which could form the basis for on-demand production of drugs ...

Archaeology Sep 18, 2016

Stone Age mummy still revealing secrets, 25 years on

When police heard about the frozen corpse up in the Alps in September 1991, they opened a criminal probe. Murder it was, but the crime was rather old—and the ultimate cold case.

Archaeology Sep 8, 2016

Researchers name a new species of reptile from 212 million years ago

An extinct reptile related to crocodiles that lived 212 million years ago in present day New Mexico has been named as a new species, Vivaron haydeni, in a paper published this week by Virginia Tech's Department of Geosciences ...

Quantum Physics Aug 30, 2016

Theorists solve a long-standing fundamental problem

Trying to understand a system of atoms is like herding gnats - the individual atoms are never at rest and are constantly moving and interacting. When it comes to trying to model the properties and behavior of these kinds ...

Earth Sciences Aug 18, 2016

Lava meets the sea, puts on fire-spitting show in Hawaii

For the first time in three years, lava from a volcano on Hawaii's Big Island has crept down miles of mountainside and is dripping into the Pacific Ocean, where it's creating new land and putting on a crackling, hissing, ...

Plants & Animals Aug 11, 2016

New "Golden Tree Ant" species

The Insect Biogeography and Biodiversity research group led by Dr Benoit Guénard at the School of Biological Sciences, the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has recently described and named a new species of ant from Hong Kong, ...

Plants & Animals Aug 2, 2016

New ant species Paratopula bauhinia (Golden Tree Ant) described

The Insect Biogeography and Biodiversity research group led by Dr Benoit Guénard at the School of Biological Sciences, the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has recently described and named a new species of ant from Hong Kong, ...

Software Jul 14, 2016

Possible glitch sends "Pokemon Go" players to S. Korean city

The seaside South Korean city of Sokcho is enjoying a surge of visitors who are wandering the streets at all hours as they look at their smartphones. Why? It appears to be the only place in the country where "Pokemon Go" ...

Ecology Jul 1, 2016

Park Service uses 'CSI' tactics in response to bear attacks

In what amounts to an innocence project for bears, National Park Service rangers are turning to modern forensic technology, including DNA evidence, to make sure they don't kill the wrong bear when a human is attacked in the ...

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