Scientists have struggled to fully understand how male sperm cells function and why they sometimes fail to fertilize female eggs, which has implications for both livestock farmers aiming to maximize food production, as well ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 13, 2022
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Satellites and drones can provide key information to protect pollinators, researchers say.
Ecology
May 20, 2022
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Diseased dolphin populations are using their muscles as an energy source to survive, a conservation study that analyzed their metabolism has found.
Plants & Animals
May 17, 2022
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Climate change and intensive agricultural land use have already been responsible for a 49% reduction in the number of insects in the most impacted parts of the world, finds a new study by UCL researchers.
Plants & Animals
Apr 20, 2022
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A study published in Nature by an international team of scientists provides clear evidence for a link between astronomically-driven climate change and human evolution.
Archaeology
Apr 13, 2022
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Nearly one in three people in the world did not have access to enough food in 2020. That's an increase of almost 320 million people in one year and it's expected to get worse with rising food prices and the war trapping wheat, ...
Environment
Apr 12, 2022
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Children see eating meat as less morally acceptable than adults do, according to new research in Social Psychological and Personality Science. This work demonstrates that humans are not born with the mental processes used ...
Social Sciences
Apr 11, 2022
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The concept of ecosystem services allows researchers to quantify the benefits that nature contributes to people into monetary units. A study publishing April 5th in the open-access journal PLOS Sustainability and Transformation ...
Ecology
Apr 5, 2022
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Cultured meat could be a game changer for the environment, food security, human health and animal welfare. But some challenges prevent it from reaching its full potential. Now ESA is supporting researchers to explore the ...
Space Exploration
Mar 31, 2022
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Insects don't have time to laze about—that's probably why we say someone is "as busy as a bee." But would an overfed and underactive bug find itself putting on weight like we do? We put this question to insect expert Erlend ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 25, 2022
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