Ten humpback whales have been tagged with satellite transmitters off the coast of Ecuador during the 2022 migration season as part of a new partnership between the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (PUCE) and Whales ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 18, 2022
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Scientific breakthroughs can happen in the strangest ways and places. Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin because of mold growing on a Petri dish left out while he was on holiday. Chinese monks in the 9th century wanted ...
Archaeology
Oct 18, 2022
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Some 477 pilot whales have died after stranding themselves on two remote New Zealand beaches over recent days, officials say.
Ecology
Oct 12, 2022
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Enzymes found in the saliva of wax worms can degrade one of the most common forms of plastic waste, according to research published Tuesday that could open up new ways of dealing with plastic pollution.
Materials Science
Oct 4, 2022
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Guinea's oldest chimpanzee and one of the last members of a globally famous endangered community has died in solitude around the age of 71, the environment ministry said.
Plants & Animals
Sep 28, 2022
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A UAB study using a Big Data approach to analyze settlement dynamics reveals that communities of the central-eastern Iberian Peninsula existing 4,000 years ago deployed "escape economies," using enrockment and segmentation ...
Archaeology
Sep 28, 2022
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Many lakes are found at high-latitudes in arctic areas. As they receive and process terrestrial organic carbon, these lakes link terrestrial and aquatic carbon cycles, while emitting CO2 to the atmosphere. Yet, their remote ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 27, 2022
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Amit Kramer is a professor of labor and employment relations at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign who studies the relationship between work, family and health. Kramer spoke with News Bureau business and law editor ...
Economics & Business
Aug 30, 2022
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Getting rid of invasive pests such as agricultural weeds, stoats, possums, and fire ants will provide New Zealand with massive economic and ecological benefits, a new study has found.
Ecology
Aug 16, 2022
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An undersea earthquake shook part of eastern Indonesia on Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of deaths or major damage.
Environment
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