How do some of the most voracious subterranean termite species live and remain active around a house? They have a knack for "smelling death."
Plants & Animals
Jul 30, 2024
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Three recent papers authored by Ted Schuur, Regents' professor of biological sciences at Northern Arizona University, and other researchers around the world, organized through the Permafrost Carbon Network, investigate the ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 26, 2024
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Using modern techniques, researchers have re-examined Johannes Kepler's half-forgotten sunspot drawings and revealed previously-hidden information about the solar cycles before the grand solar minimum.
Planetary Sciences
Jul 26, 2024
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Who we choose as a partner depends in part on who we find attractive on the outside. Scientists have long wondered whether potential partners can also sense a woman's fertility, for example through subtle changes in her body ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 25, 2024
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The Southern Ocean plays a central role in the global uptake of heat and carbon, which is widely thought to be due to its unique upwelling and circulation. An international research team, led by the University of Liverpool, ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 24, 2024
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If there seems to be a boom of buzzing and chirping insects bouncing through backyards, gardens and parks this year, it's not in your head—the grasshoppers are taking over Colorado.
Ecology
Jul 22, 2024
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As technology proliferates, misinformation and conspiracy theories seem to flourish. Conspiracy beliefs specifically about technology include popular commercial technologies, such as Amazon Echo and Google Search, as well ...
Social Sciences
Jul 19, 2024
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The first rumblings of the sun's next 11-year solar cycle have been detected in sound waves inside our home star—even though it is only halfway through its current one.
Astronomy
Jul 18, 2024
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Northwestern University-led researchers have discovered a new way that nature cycles phosphorus, a finding that uncovers a missing piece of Earth's puzzling phosphorus cycle.
Earth Sciences
Jul 18, 2024
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A University of Kentucky study titled "Productivity benefits of cereal-legume cover crop mixtures under variable soil nitrogen and termination times" suggests that mixing cover crops is a beneficial strategy for modern agriculture.
Agriculture
Jul 17, 2024
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