High up in a tree sits a bright red vermilion flycatcher. The males of this songbird species use their red feathers to attract females. Meanwhile, an Arizona mountain kingsnake slithers among the rocks below. Its vivid red, ...
Evolution
Oct 18, 2022
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All around us, climate change is worsening existing disadvantage. In Australia, we need only look to low-income households hit harder by rising energy and fuel prices, and flood responses in northern New South Wales overlooking ...
Environment
Oct 17, 2022
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"Plant blindness" is caused by a lack of exposure to nature and could be cured by close contact through activities such as wild food foraging, a study shows.
Plants & Animals
Oct 13, 2022
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President Joe Biden is creating his first national monument on Wednesday, protecting for future generations a rugged landscape in the heart of the Rocky Mountains where the legendary 10th Mountain Division trained for alpine ...
Environment
Oct 12, 2022
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In a shallow lake on the outskirts of Mexico City, a handful of farmers still harvest the eggs of an evasive, fingertip-size water bug in a bid to keep alive a culinary tradition dating at least to the Aztec empire.
Ecology
Oct 10, 2022
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A femme fatale who tries to con thousands through her lover's insurance company. Jobless bikers on drug-fueled adventures in New Orleans. People smashing printers at work.
Social Sciences
Oct 7, 2022
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More than a few eyebrows were raised at the weekend when it was reported a staggering 433 people won the jackpot of a government-backed lottery in the Philippines—sharing in 236 million pesos (about A$6.2 million).
Mathematics
Oct 6, 2022
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While achieving the United Nations (UN) ambitious Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for wastewater treatment would cause substantial improvements in global water quality, severe water quality issues would continue to persist ...
Environment
Oct 6, 2022
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Nearly 100 years after its last confirmed sighting, University of Otago researchers have revealed the genealogical story of the upokororo or New Zealand grayling.
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 29, 2022
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The creative process, in any knowledge-based activity, is increasingly a collective process, and those who take charge of its development must know how to activate the most appropriate personal ties at each stage. In an article ...
Social Sciences
Sep 28, 2022
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