Researchers affiliated with several institutions in the United States has determined that the increase in the number of hurricanes forming in the Atlantic over the past several years is not related to global warming. They ...
A team of researchers from China, Malaysia, the U.S. and Russia has found via genetic study that the Chinese mountain cat is not an ancestor of modern domesticated housecats. In their paper published in the journal Science ...
The biggest shark attack in history did not involve humans.
Evolution
Jun 3, 2021
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Only an anthropologist would treasure millennia-old human feces found in dry caves.
Evolution
May 13, 2021
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Scientists have resolved a key climate change mystery, showing that the annual global temperature today is the warmest of the past 10,000 years—contrary to recent research, according to a Rutgers-led study in the journal ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 27, 2021
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Scientists around the world have noted that the Earth has been spinning on its axis faster lately—the fastest ever recorded. Several scientists have spoken to the press about the unusual phenomenon, with some pointing out ...
There has been frequent occurrence of red tides in coastal waters around Korea. Red tide is a phenomenon in which phytoplankton proliferate as nutrient or sewage flow into seawater, making it appear red. This not only causes ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 4, 2021
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A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in France has found evidence for two main domestication paths for bread yeast. In their paper published in the journal Current Biology, the group studied the chromosomes ...
ANU Archeologists have discovered a rare child burial dating back 8,000 years on Alor Island, Indonesia.
Archaeology
Nov 3, 2020
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Mega-droughts—droughts that last two decades or longer—are tipped to increase thanks to climate change, according to University of Queensland-led research.
Environment
Oct 30, 2020
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