(Phys.org)—A trio of researchers with Universidad de la República in Uruguay has found evidence that suggests the huge size of some animals during the Pleistocene may have been one of the contributing factors to their ...
Three decades ago, a University of Nevada researcher who obtained one of the first U.S. Energy Department grants to study the potential to turn plants into biofuels became convinced that a roadside weed—curly top gumweed—was ...
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 26, 2015
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Dolphins and whales may attract a lot of attention when they leap dramatically out of the water. But aquatic animals thousands of times smaller are accomplished jumpers, too.
General Physics
Oct 13, 2015
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Human intelligence and knowledge depends on how we collect and use sharable resources, according to scientists from The University of Manchester.
Other
Sep 10, 2015
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The sweet taste and smell of antifreeze tempts children and animals to drink the poisonous substance, resulting in thousands of accidental poisonings in the United States every year. But today researchers will describe a ...
Materials Science
Mar 25, 2015
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When life on Earth began around 3.6 billion years ago, all organisms were small. Indeed, it took some 2.5 billion years to evolve any organism that grows larger than a single cell.
Plants & Animals
Feb 23, 2015
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You've misplaced your cell phone. You start by scanning where you remember leaving it: on your bureau. You check and double-check the bureau before expanding your search around and below the bureau. Eventually, you switch ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 10, 2014
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We are told that eating beef is bad for the environment, but do we know its real cost? Are the other animal or animal-derived foods better or worse? New research at the Weizmann Institute of Science, conducted in collaboration ...
Environment
Jul 21, 2014
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Animals have used the same technique to search for food that's in short supply for at least 50 million years, a study suggests.
Archaeology
Jul 15, 2014
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The forked tailed drongo bird of Africa—quite the trickster—imitates multiple species' warning calls to scare off other animals and steal their food, a study published Thursday revealed.
Plants & Animals
May 2, 2014
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