More challenging than birdwatching and not nearly as popular, insect-watching—noting and sharing exactly what one sees and where—is nevertheless on the rise.
Ecology
Jan 15, 2019
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The sleazy "sugar baby" scandal involving Australian politician Andrew Broad, exposed for his reported cringy attempts to hook up with a woman almost half his age, might look like just another case of a politician caught ...
Economics & Business
Jan 14, 2019
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A massive stellar flare on a baby star has been spotted by University of Warwick astronomers, shedding light on the origins of potentially habitable exoplanets.
Astronomy
Dec 21, 2018
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The world was shocked by Chinese scientist He Jiankui's recent claim that he'd brought to term twin babies whose genes – inheritable by their own potential descendants – he had modified as embryos. The genetic edit, He ...
Biotechnology
Dec 18, 2018
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On Nov. 28, He Jiankui claimed to a packed conference room at the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing in Hong Kong to have edited the genomes of two twin girls, Lulu and Nana, who were born in China.
Biotechnology
Nov 29, 2018
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The idea of scientists tinkering with the genes of babies was once the provenance of science fiction, but now it's apparently entered the realm of reality: On Nov. 26, Chinese scientist He Jiankui reported the historic live ...
Biotechnology
Nov 28, 2018
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QUT's reef protector robot is set to become 'mother' to hundreds of millions of baby corals in a special delivery coinciding with this month's annual coral spawning on the Great Barrier Reef.
Environment
Nov 1, 2018
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France's oldest zoo on Wednesday welcomed its youngest member: Java, an eight-day old baby orangutan.
Plants & Animals
Oct 24, 2018
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Research carried out by the University of Kent sheds light on the infanticidal behaviour of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and demonstrates that females are highly sensitive to the relative risks posed to their babies by different ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 18, 2018
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A zoo in Colombia is celebrating the birth of a baby spider monkey, a rare species in danger of extinction.
Plants & Animals
Sep 14, 2018
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