An Italian research team has refined the history and origins of two extremely common pathogens in human populations, herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2.
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 13, 2020
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The effects of the African slave trade persist today among businesses in parts of the continent, with companies more often tightly controlled by individuals or families—often because they have limited access to equity funding ...
Economics & Business
Jan 10, 2020
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Suspended from branches high above the ground, Nicolas Moulin looked through his binoculars over a seemingly endless sea of emerald green.
Plants & Animals
Dec 26, 2019
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Ancient flying reptiles known as pterosaurs were much more diverse than originally thought, according to a new study by an international group of paleontologists.
Archaeology
Dec 2, 2019
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With economies and populations surging, an industrial revolution is inevitable on the African continent. The question is, what's going to power it? With renewable energy cheaper and more efficient than ever, countries in ...
Environment
Nov 18, 2019
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Scientists at the Biodiversity Unit of the University of Turku in Finland have studied the diversity of tropical parasitoid wasps for years. Parasitoid wasps are among the most species rich animal taxa on Earth, but their ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 8, 2019
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A new species of prehistoric murine—the group of mammals that includes mice, rats, and their relatives—has been identified from fossils discovered in Lebanon. The findings, presented in Scientific Reports, represent the ...
Archaeology
Aug 29, 2019
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As the world has watched with fear and fascination the fires burning in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, satellite images show a far greater number of blazes on the African continent.
Environment
Aug 28, 2019
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The remains of the new dinosaur were found in the Middle Atlas Mountains of Morocco and have since been studied by a team at London's Natural History Museum. Whilst the remains only comprise of a few vertebrae and an upper ...
Archaeology
Aug 21, 2019
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A new study reveals that soluble phosphorus that fertilizes the Amazon, as well as the Tropical Atlantic and Southern oceans, is deposited through smoke from biomass fires in Africa.
