Alveoli are the basic functional units of the human respiratory system, acting as tiny air sacs that exchange gases. Air inhaled through the mouth and nose flows into the lungs through the branched structure of the bronchial ...
General Physics
Sep 6, 2022
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Generation Z members say they want their clothes to be sustainable but still regularly buy fast fashion, demonstrating a "clear gap" between ideals and practice, new research shows.
Social Sciences
Sep 1, 2022
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A new study published today in Nature Communications by researchers from the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, the European Institute on Economics and the Environment and the London ...
Environment
Aug 25, 2022
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A drought in Texas dried up a river flowing through Dinosaur Valley State Park, exposing tracks from giant reptiles that lived some 113 million years ago, an official said Tuesday.
Paleontology & Fossils
Aug 23, 2022
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Benji Backer is a young person with an old story.
Social Sciences
Aug 23, 2022
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A jungle. A rainforest. A wetland. A wilderness. Researchers have used various metaphors to describe the complex, interconnected community of microbes (most of them bacteria) living inside your body, and all over it too.
Ecology
Aug 23, 2022
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Apple, apricot, walnut, pear and plum—some of the most widely consumed temperate fruit and nuts globally—find their origins in the forests of Central Asia. Because of their value for home consumption and sale, they are ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 22, 2022
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Scientists and students from the University of Miami dove into the dark waters a few miles off the shores of Miami this week as part of an effort to develop hybrid reefs.
Ecology
Aug 17, 2022
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What if we could inherit more than our parents' genes? What if we could inherit the ability to turn genes on and off?
Evolution
Aug 11, 2022
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A byproduct of landfilling, livestock farming, coal mining and other human activities, methane emissions are one of the key drivers of climate change.
Materials Science
Aug 3, 2022
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