For soil microorganisms, how much of their life's work is driven by evolution (nature) versus their current environmental (nurture)?
Plants & Animals
Jun 21, 2019
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An ample buffet of freshwater food, brought on by climate change, is altering the life history of one of the world's most important salmon species.
Ecology
Jun 4, 2019
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Soil microbes are wild, unpampered and uncultured.
Cell & Microbiology
May 17, 2019
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Conservation decisions based on population counts may fail to protect large, slow-breeding animals from irrevocable decline, according to new research coinciding with Endangered Species Day.
Ecology
May 17, 2019
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Accelerated tree growth caused by a warming climate does not necessarily translate into enhanced carbon storage, an international study suggests.
Environment
May 15, 2019
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A Florida State University professor's research suggests a theory by famed economist Thomas Piketty on present-day wealth inequality actually explains a lot about how smaller-scale societies in the prehistoric Mediterranean ...
Social Sciences
May 10, 2019
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A University of Otago study has shown the positive impact bird poo, or guano, has on coral growth in tropical seas. Published online in the respected scientific journal Scientific Reports, the study Seabird nutrients are ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 15, 2019
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A new study in the Review of Economic Studies finds that U.S. counties with more historical immigration have higher incomes, less poverty, and lower unemployment today.
Social Sciences
Mar 12, 2019
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More than 70 percent of researchers failed to reproduce another scientist's experiment, according to a survey conducted by Nature in 2016. If scientists can't reproduce each other's work, important discoveries may never leave ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 19, 2019
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A team of researchers with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis has found a connection between fertility rates in many African countries and access to education for girls living in those countries. In ...
