Sometimes, it's really easy for scientists to tell species of animals apart—they'll be obviously different shapes or colors. Other times, different species will look nearly identical to the naked eye. In those cases, scientists ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 18, 2019
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Humans need to be wary of breaching a 'point of no return' that leads to ecological disaster such as loss of rainforests or irreversible climate change, according to the most detailed study of its kind.
General Physics
Apr 16, 2019
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Boeing has made 96 flights to test a software update for its troubled 737 Max jet, according to the company's CEO.
Other
Apr 11, 2019
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A newly identified species of 150 million-year-old marine crocodile has given insights into how a group of ancient animals evolved.
Archaeology
Apr 4, 2019
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Scientists at the University of York have mapped out how to protect over a third of the world's oceans by 2030, in order to safeguard wildlife and mitigate the impacts of climate change.
Environment
Apr 4, 2019
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The discovery of life on Mars would get pretty much everyone excited. But the scientists hunting for it would probably be happy no matter what the outcome of their search – whether life turned out to extinct, dormant or ...
Space Exploration
Apr 2, 2019
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The European Union is moving to require cars and trucks to have technology that would deter speeding as well as data recorders to document the circumstances of accidents.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 27, 2019
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Scientists are appealing for public help on one of the biggest astronomy projects of the next ten years.
Astronomy
Mar 22, 2019
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To determine where a sound is coming from, animal brains analyze the minute difference in time it takes a sound to reach each ear—a cue known as interaural time difference. What happens to the cue once the signals get to ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 18, 2019
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For almost a decade, astronomers have tried to explain why so many pairs of planets outside our solar system have an odd configuration—their orbits seem to have been pushed apart by a powerful unknown mechanism. Yale researchers ...
Astronomy
Mar 4, 2019
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