Fire is a crucial part of the forest ecosystem on which threatened Spotted Owls rely, but climate change and decades of fire suppression are changing the dynamics of these forests. A new study from The Condor: Ornithological ...
Ecology
May 31, 2017
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Renting out unused residential parking could be the answer to chronic parking shortages in Vancouver's West End, according to a new University of British Columbia study that compared residential parking stalls with building ...
Social Sciences
Mar 2, 2017
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Electric car maker Tesla Motors is leapfrogging competitors with a new autopilot system that lets cars change lanes by themselves.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 14, 2015
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It's a pain we all know: trying finding a parking spot in a crowded lot, from shopping centers to medical complexes to the airport. A Rice University team of senior electrical and computer engineers designed a capstone project ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 28, 2015
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Scientists have demonstrated that in spotted hyenas, lactation increases the chance of parasite infection. The results have been published in the scientific journal Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology.
Ecology
Mar 24, 2015
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An international team of researchers led by scientists at the German Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) genetically describe the first kobuviruses to be reported from Africa. The results show that the viruses ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 11, 2015
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The future of driverless cars was the background for a Ford Motor Co. keynote address on Tuesday at International CES. The carmaker hopes to cure the world's transportation ills by delivering everything from a quicker trip ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 6, 2015
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The U.S. Forest Service has decided to allow logging on nearly 52 square miles of the Sierra Nevada burned last year in a massive California wildfire, a move contested by environmentalists.
Environment
Aug 28, 2014
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(Phys.org) —African wild dogs share their habitat with other, larger carnivores such as lions and spotted hyenas. In a recent paper, published in PLOS one, it was found that African wild dogs adapt their use of space to ...
