On the hottest summer days, you may find yourself dozing off in the middle of the day. In some parts of the world, it's a cultural norm to schedule "siestas" and shutter businesses during the warmest hours of the day. As ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 17, 2022
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In people, Type 1 diabetes mellitus diagnoses are more common in northern latitudes and during winter. Now a new study shows a similar pattern in dogs.
Plants & Animals
Aug 16, 2022
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The 631 manatee deaths in Florida through mid-July this year already stands as the fourth deadliest annual count since records began nearly a half-century ago.
Plants & Animals
Jul 21, 2022
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Italy was enduring a prolonged heat wave before a massive piece of Alpine glacier broke off and killed hikers on Sunday and experts say climate change will make those hot, destabilizing conditions more common.
Environment
Jul 6, 2022
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Light affects most organisms. In plants, many behaviors and functions are determined by the length of light and dark cycles, including flowering. In the most recent publication of The Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 23, 2022
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It's an offhand joke a lot of us make—it's freezing, can we get a bit more of that global warming right about now?
Environment
Jun 23, 2022
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Summer evenings by the pool, lake or BBQ mean mosquitoes.
Plants & Animals
Jun 21, 2022
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Anyone living in the southeast of Australia will have noticed the chill that has set in the last few days. After relatively mild conditions last week, an early blast of winter has arrived.
Environment
Jun 1, 2022
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South Africa, the continent's most industrialised country, has largely escaped the tropical cyclones that regularly hit its neighbours.
Environment
Apr 18, 2022
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Organized play and sporting opportunities for children have finally started to resume after having just passed the two-year mark of the pandemic.
Social Sciences
Apr 13, 2022
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