2TK, Canada's migratory bird that fell for Uruguayan resort
The first cold winds announce the arrival of winter in Uruguay's jet setters' playground, Punta del Este.
The first cold winds announce the arrival of winter in Uruguay's jet setters' playground, Punta del Este.
Ecology
May 31, 2022
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The California scrub-jay, a generally non-social bird, can learn just as well as another species of jay that lives in groups, a finding that surprised animal intelligence researchers who devised a novel food puzzle to study ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 9, 2022
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LMU researchers have developed a method to extract more information from sequencing data. This will afford deeper insights into biology.
Biotechnology
Jan 11, 2022
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When given the choice between a free meal and performing a task for a meal, cats would prefer the meal that doesn't require much effort. While that might not come as a surprise to some cat lovers, it does to cat behaviorists. ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 10, 2021
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The newly assembled genomes of 26 different genetic lines of corn illustrate the crop's rich genetic diversity and could pave the way for a better understanding of what genetic mechanisms account for crop traits prized by ...
Biotechnology
Aug 5, 2021
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The United States National Security Agency—the country's premier signals intelligence organization—recently declassified a Cold War-era document about code-breaking.
Mathematics
May 31, 2021
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Humans have been breeding plants for their economic value for thousands of years. Traditionally, plant breeding techniques included cumbersome and time-consuming techniques like grafting and hybridization to enhance traits ...
Biotechnology
Apr 26, 2021
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Physicists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics have tested quantum mechanics to a completely new level of precision using hydrogen spectroscopy, and in doing so they came much closer to solving the well-known proton ...
General Physics
Nov 27, 2020
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Asian short-clawed otters learn from each other when solving puzzles to get food, a new study shows.
Plants & Animals
Nov 10, 2020
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During the last Ice Age about 20,000 years ago, iron-containing dust acted as a fertilizer for marine phytoplankton in the South Pacific, promoting CO2 sequestration and thus the glacial cooling of the Earth. But where did ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 9, 2020
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