Growing consumption of energy and fossil fuels over four decades did not play a significant role in increasing life expectancy across 70 countries.
Environment
Mar 26, 2020
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How much you enjoy the new Star Wars movie will depend a lot on your expectations going in, a new study suggests.
Social Sciences
Dec 26, 2019
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Humans have been capturing wild Asian elephants for more than 3,000 years, and this continues today despite the fact that the populations are declining. An international team of researchers has now analysed records of timber ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 7, 2018
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Some individual animals are prone to social isolation, new research suggests.
Plants & Animals
Dec 19, 2017
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There are currently an estimated 4.5 billion people around the world exposed to levels of particulate air pollution that are at least twice what the World Health Organization (WHO) considers safe. Yet, the impact of sustained ...
Environment
Sep 11, 2017
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Can a cell show its biological age? And is it possible to foresee an animal's lifespan? Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing in Cologne discovered a connection between the size of the nucleolus - ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 31, 2017
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A 20-year demographic study of a large chimpanzee community in Uganda's Kibale National Park has revealed that, under the right ecological conditions, our close primate relatives can lead surprisingly long lives in the wild.
Plants & Animals
Mar 20, 2017
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African-Americans are more likely than whites to experience the loss of a parent during childhood and more likely to be exposed to multiple family member deaths by mid-life, according to a study by the Population Research ...
Social Sciences
Jan 23, 2017
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People worldwide are living longer, healthier lives. A new study of mortality patterns in humans, monkeys and apes suggests that the last few generations of humans have enjoyed the biggest life expectancy boost in primate ...
Social Sciences
Nov 21, 2016
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While the more than 5 meter long Greenland shark is one of the world's largest sharks, it is also one of the least understood animals on our planet. The Greenland shark's general biology and way of life have been a mystery ...
Ecology
Aug 11, 2016
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