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Space Exploration Mar 25, 2021

Paraguay's first satellite deployed from the International Space Station

On March 14, the Paraguayan Space Agency (AEP) deployed a satellite from the International Space Station to help track a tiny parasite that causes Chagas disease. The satellite, Guaranisat-1, is the first developed and put ...

Archaeology Mar 25, 2021

Warriors' down bedding could ease journey to realm of the dead

The burial field in Valsgärde outside Uppsala in central Sweden contains more than 90 graves from the Iron Age.

Plants & Animals Mar 24, 2021

US report: Bald eagle populations soar in lower 48 states

The number of American bald eagles has quadrupled since 2009, with more than 300,000 birds soaring over the lower 48 states, government scientists said in a report Wednesday.

Plants & Animals Mar 1, 2021

Look up! A powerful owl could be sleeping in your backyard

Picture this: you're in your backyard gardening when you get that strange, ominous feeling of being watched. You find a gray oval-shaped ball about the size of a thumb, filled with bones and fur—a pellet, or "owl vomit."

Environment Feb 22, 2021

Large privately owned redwood forest is preserved in $24.7 million deal

A vast redwood forest located 80 miles north of San Francisco and sprawling nearly as large as Big Basin Redwoods State Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains has received permanent protection under a deal between a Bay Area environmental ...

Plants & Animals Feb 9, 2021

Deep-sea vision linked to night life on the reef

To see—and survive—at night, some coral fish have developed visual adaptations that are similar to those of their cousins living in the ocean's darkest depths, new research shows.

Evolution Feb 8, 2021

Ancient owl vomit helps researchers unpack prehistoric bone secrets

Curtin University researchers studying one of the oldest collections of ancient animal bones in the world have used DNA still present in the bones to identify 17 animal species, including two rodents previously not known ...

Cell & Microbiology Feb 3, 2021

How the cell binds the virus: SARS-CoV-2 under the helium ion microscope for the first time

Scientists at Bielefeld University's Faculty of Physics have succeeded for the first time in imaging the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus with a helium ion microscope. In contrast to the more conventional electron microscopy, the samples ...

Biotechnology Jan 29, 2021

Genes that dance to the circadian rhythm

Scientists at EPFL have made breakthrough discoveries on the circadian clock and how it affects gene expression. Some of the findings suggest a biological underpinning for different behaviors in people, such as morning people, ...

Plants & Animals Jan 21, 2021

Biden administration must act fast to save migratory birds

On January 5, 2021, the day before the world watched in horror as the U.S. Capitol was assaulted, the Trump administration laid siege to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The revision is a major blow to conservation efforts, ...

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