The global food system's greenhouse gas emissions will add nearly one degree Celsius to Earth's surface temperatures by 2100 on current trends, obliterating Paris Agreement climate goals, scientists warned Monday.
Environment
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It is well established that folic acid supplementation can significantly reduce the risk of birth defects, including neural tube defects like spina bifida, the most common birth defect of the central nervous system and the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 6, 2023
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Africa, where humans first evolved, today remains a place of remarkable diversity. Diving into that variation, a new analysis of 180 Indigenous Africans from a dozen ethnically, culturally, geographically, and linguistically ...
Evolution
Mar 2, 2023
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Researchers have shown how sounds recorded by low-cost microphones could be used to help track infectious disease risks in the rainforest and in other rapidly changing landscapes.
Ecology
Feb 27, 2023
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Endangered great apes get malaria, just like humans. New evidence from wild bonobos shows us the infection harms them, too.
Plants & Animals
Feb 23, 2023
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Social cohesion and connection decline in an aging population, according to a new study of one of humanity's closest relatives.
Plants & Animals
Feb 20, 2023
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From China's mega-cities to Australia's sprawling suburbs, scientists are calling for grassroots action to raise awareness about the role of soil biodiversity to promote better human health and well-being.
Environment
Feb 15, 2023
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Over the past 20 years a steady trickle of scientific papers has reported that there are fewer insects than there used to be. Both the combined weight (what scientists call biomass) and diversity of insect species have declined. ...
Ecology
Feb 15, 2023
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The World Health Organization called Wednesday for vigilance after the recent detection of bird flu in mammals, but tried to calm fears that large-scale human outbreaks could be looming.
Veterinary medicine
Feb 8, 2023
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An interdisciplinary team of scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU, Singapore) has found that rapid sea-level rise drove early settlers in Southeast Asia to migrate during the prehistoric period, ...
Archaeology
Feb 6, 2023
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