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#1198092019-02-06
If you want to know about the health of ecosystems, a good place to start is with ants
The ghost ant is aptly named. All six of its legs, not to mention the ant’s antennae and abdomen, sport a spectral yellow — a pale hue that often fades into the background, leaving the ant’s tiny brown head and torso to bob along, barely visible, like a spirit in the breeze.
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#1198182019-02-07
Spelling bees? No, but they can do arithmetic, say researchers
Honeybees can learn to add and subtract, according to research showing that while the insects have tiny brains, they are still surprisingly clever. Researchers behind the study have previously found that honeybees can apparently understand the concept of zero, and learn to correctly indicate whi ...
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#1198262019-02-07
Scientists in Sweden are studying the climate-cooling effects of spruce forests
Scientists are exploring whether coniferous trees might help to counter the effects of global warming. Deep in Sweden’s spruce forests researchers from Lund University are studying the cooling qualities of organic compounds called terpenes, which are abundant in conifer resin and also give spruc ...
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#1198312019-02-07
Research explains how snakes lost their limbs
Snakes and lizards are reptiles that belong to the order Squamata. They share several traits but differ in one obvious respect: Snakes do not have limbs. The two suborders diverged more than 100 million years ago. Identification of the genetic factors involved in this loss of limbs is a focus of ...
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#1198322019-02-07
How plants expand their capacity to use solar energy
Green plants capture light that spans the visible solar spectrum, and while a broad spectral range is required for sufficient absorption, the process requires energy to be funneled rapidly and efficiently downhill to drive charge separation and water splitting. Carotenoids, the accessory pigment ...
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#1198332019-02-07
Desert bacteria protect food crops from salt toxicity
Bacteria isolated from the Saudi desert have demonstrated plant-growth-promoting properties that could make them useful as biofertilizers.
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#1198342019-02-07
Understanding tropical rainfall, both past and present
A drop of rainwater that falls on a cassava field in Uganda takes a different path than one that falls 500 miles east in Somalia. Knowing where rain comes from now, and where it might come from under future climate scenarios, is important for the millions of people who rely on subsistence agricu ...
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#1198352019-02-07
Voyage into the unknown explores Indian Ocean's hidden depths
A mission to explore uncharted depths in the Indian Ocean was launched on Wednesday, hoping to discover hundreds of new species and find out what impact plastic is having way below the surface.
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#1198382019-02-07
Using Artificial Intelligence to Study the History of Oceans
Stories abound of artificial intelligence (AI) revolutionizing industrial processes and space exploration. But AI is also assisting scientists down below, in the deep sea environment. Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed an AI program that can automatically identify spec ...
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#1198462019-02-07
Earth Once Swallowed Its Own Superocean. Could It Happen Again?
The ancient supercontinent of Rodinia turned inside out as the Earth swallowed its own ocean some 700 million years ago, new research suggests.
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#1198552019-02-08
More women and girls needed in the sciences to solve world’s biggest challenges
The role of science education in a changing world cannot be undervalued: it is estimated that fully 90 per cent of future jobs will require some form of ICT (information and communication technology) skills, and the fastest growing job categories are related to STEM (science, technology, enginee ...
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#1198632019-02-08
Chimpanzee 'mini-brains' hint at secrets of human evolution
At some point during human evolution, a handful of genetic changes triggered a dramatic threefold expansion of the brain's neocortex, the wrinkly outermost layer of brain tissue responsible for everything from language to self-awareness to abstract thought.
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#1198642019-02-08
The physics underlying complex biological architectures
A building's architectural plans map out what's needed to keep it from falling down. But design is not just functional: often, it's also beautiful, with lines and shapes that can amaze and inspire.
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#1198652019-02-08
Research suggests life thrived on Earth 3.5 billion years ago
Three and a half billion years ago, Earth hosted life, but was it barely surviving, or thriving? A new study carried out by a multi-institutional team with leadership including the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) of Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) provides new answers to this ques ...
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#1198662019-02-08
Think big—at least when it comes to global conservation
According to a group of international researchers, the potential for large countries to contribute to environmental protection is being overlooked.The researchers, spanning 13 universities and three countries, were led by UBC Okanagan's Adam T. Ford and Liber Ero Postdoctoral Fellow Laura Coristine.
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#1198672019-02-08
Seasons change: Researchers provide new definition for major Indian monsoon season
Toward the end of every year, the Northeast Indian Monsoon (NEM) batters southern India with torrents of driving rain, but climatologists have never precisely defined when the monsoon begins and ends.
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#1198942019-02-11
Totally cool turtles may help save species
A trial of ways to cool turtle nests is underway in Queensland's Far North as global warming threatens turtle populations throughout the tropics.
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#1198952019-02-11
How poppy flowers get those vibrant colours that entice insects
With bright reds and yellows—and even the occasional white—poppies are very bright and colorful. Their petals, however, are also very thin; they are made up of just three layers of cells. University of Groningen scientists Casper van der Kooi and Doekele Stavenga used microscopy and mathematical ...
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#1199052019-02-12
Marine scientists find toxic bacteria on microplastics retrieved from tropical waters
A field survey conducted by a team of marine scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has uncovered toxic bacteria living on the surfaces of microplastics, which are pieces of plastic smaller than five millimetres in size, collected from the coastal areas of Singapore. These ba ...
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#1199072019-02-12
Discovery of the oldest evidence of mobility on Earth
Scientists have uncovered the oldest fossilized traces of motility. Whereas previous remnants were dated to 570 million years ago, this new evidence is 2.1 billion years old. They were discovered in a fossil deposit in Gabon, where the oldest multicellular organisms have already been found.
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#1199132019-02-12
Scientists are calling for 'artificial trees' to fight climate change
Plants are humanity's greatest ally in the fight against climate change. Plants soak up carbon dioxide and turn it into leaves and branches. The more trees humans plant, the less heat-trapping carbon pollution in the air. Unfortunately, plants require a lot of water and land, so much that humans ...
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#1199192019-02-12
Environment in multiple crises - report
Politicians and policymakers have failed to grasp the gravity of the environmental crisis facing the Earth, a report claims. The think-tank IPPR says human impacts have reached a critical stage and threaten to destabilise society and the global economy.
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#1199202019-02-12
New method of fertilizer production can better suit the needs of farms in Africa and around the globe
Nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium are the three elements that support the productivity of all plants used for agriculture, and are the constituents of commercial fertilizers that farmers use throughout the world.
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#1199502019-02-14
'Seeing' tails help sea snakes avoid predators
New research has revealed the fascinating adaptation of some Australian sea snakes that helps protect their vulnerable paddle-shaped tails from predators.
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#1199692019-02-15
Preserved leaves reveal 7000 years of rainfall and drought
A study by University of Adelaide researchers and Queensland Government scientists has revealed what south-east Queensland's rainfall was like over the last 7000 years – including several severe droughts worse and longer lasting than the 12-year Millennium Drought.
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#1199702019-02-15
The smallest skeletons in the marine world observed in 3-D by synchrotron techniques
Coccolithophores are microscopic marine algae that use carbon dioxide to grow, and release carbon dioxide when they create their miniature calcite shells. These tiny, abundant planktonic microorganisms could therefore be seriously impacted by current increasing carbon dioxide emissions.
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#1199902019-02-18
Belgian researchers launch second attempt to reach Antarctica by sailboat
Ten Belgian scientists will leave for Antarctica on Tuesday aboard a sailboat to study marine biodiversity and the presence of plastic in the Southern Ocean, following a failed attempt last year.
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#1199932019-02-18
Desert ants' survival strategy emerges from millions of simple interactions
Ants' frenzied movements may seem aimless and erratic to a casual observer, but closer study reveals that an ant colony's collective behavior can help it thrive in a harsh environment and may also yield inspiration for robotic systems.
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#1199962019-02-18
Researchers create the conditions for growing plants in the Arctic
Researchers at the TSU Siberian Botanical Garden (SibBG), the Institute of High Current Electronics SB RAS (IHCE), and Tomsk Polytechnic University have implemented an interdisciplinary project to study the optimal parameters of UV radiation for pre-seed treatment and photosynthetically active r ...
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#1199972019-02-18
What happens to the natural world if all the insects disappear?
There are an awful lot of insects. It's hard to say exactly how many because 80% haven't yet been described by taxonomists, but there are probably about 5.5m species. Put that number together with other kinds of animals with exoskeletons and jointed legs, known collectively as arthropods – this ...
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#1199982019-02-18
New research reveals humanity's roles in ecosystems
In two back-to-back symposia at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, Feb. 17, a cross-disciplinary cohort of scientists presented the first comprehensive investigations of how humans interacted with plant and animal species ...
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#1200012019-02-18
Drones and big data: the next frontier in the fight against wildlife extinction
Technology is playing an increasingly vital role in conservation and ecology research. Drones in particular hold huge potential in the fight to save the world’s remaining wildlife from extinction. With their help, researchers can now track wild animals through dense forests and monitor whales in ...
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#1200042019-02-18
The rich levels of biodiversity on land seen across the globe today are not a recent phenomenon
Biodiversity has remained constant since the boom in life following the extinction of the dinosaurs 60 million years ago, new research suggests. The finding based on computer analysis of 200 years of paleontological records from 30,000 fossil sites around the globe contradicts conventional scien ...
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#1200132019-02-19
Cultured lab meat may make climate change worse
Growing meat in the laboratory may do more damage to the climate in the long run than meat from cattle, say scientists. Researchers are looking for alternatives to traditional meat because farming animals is helping to drive up global temperatures.
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#1200742019-02-22
Scientists complete first UK-wide assessment of changes in plankton community
Scientists have completed the first ever assessment of how plankton communities are changing in coastal waters and shelf seas around the UK.
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#1200812019-02-25
Mongooses enjoy lifelong benefits of 'silver spoon effect'
The benefits of the 'silver spoon effect' in mongoose pups extend across their lifetime, a new study has shown.Banded mongooses live in social groups where pups are consistently cared for one-to-one by a single adult known as an "escort" – not their mother or father.
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#1200822019-02-25
Honeybees' waggle dance no longer useful in some cultivated landscapes
For bees and other social insects, being able to exchange information is vital for the success of their colony. One way honeybees do this is through their waggle dance, which is a unique pattern of behavior, which probably evolved more than 20 million years ago.
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#1201162019-02-26
The paper mulberry coevolved with soil microbes to humanity's benefit
The paper mulberry evolved its uniquely fibrous inner bark around 31 million years ago, long before the woody tree was first used for bookmaking during China's Tang dynasty. This adaptation, which makes the nutrient-rich plant easy to pass through foraging animals, may have been its way of feedi ...
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#1201172019-02-26
New chimpanzee culture discovered
Chimpanzees have a more elaborate and diversified material culture than any other nonhuman primate. Their behavior varies across tropical Africa in a way that does not always correspond to ecology. For instance, only West African chimpanzees use stone and wooden hammers to crack nuts in a number ...
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#1201202019-02-26
Understanding the rich social lives of animals benefits international conservation efforts
An international group of researchers working on a wide range of species, from elephants and crows, to whales and chimpanzees, argues that animals' cultural knowledge needs to be taken into consideration when planning international conservation efforts.
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#1201212019-02-26
Species evolve ways to back up life's machinery
Scientists have learned a lot about evolution by studying fossils, by observing nature and, more recently, by unraveling the genetic code stored in DNA.
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#1201222019-02-26
Do copy cats really exist? New study shows that cats may reflect their owner's personality
Cat owners' personalities may be influencing the behaviour of their pets, new research suggests.Research carried out by the University of Lincoln and Nottingham Trent University investigated the relationship between the different personalities of cat owners and the behaviour and wellbeing of the ...
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#1201342019-02-27
'Ibiza is different', genetically
"Ibiza is different." That is what the hundreds of standard-bearers of the "hippie" movement who visited the Pitiusan Island during the 60s thought, fascinated by its climate and its unexplored nature. What they did not imagine was that the most unique feature of the island was in its inhabitant ...
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#1201362019-02-27
Gene activity in defenders depends on invading slavemaking ants
Temnothorax americanus is a slavemaking ant found in northeastern America. These tiny social insects neither rear their offspring nor search for food themselves. Instead, they raid nests of another ant species, Temnothorax longispinosus, kidnap their larvae and pupae to bring these back to their ...
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#1201402019-02-28
World's most heavily trafficked turtle plays vital role in Indonesia environment, economy
The Southeast Asian box turtle is the most heavily trafficked turtle in the world – captured and sold to China for food and medicine and for the pet trade in the United States, Japan and Europe. But little was known about its ecology until a University of Rhode Island herpetologist spent six mon ...
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#1201582019-02-28
Study shows the impact of unplanned development on river basins and catchment areas
A novel approach by Indian scientists to assess the water and ecological footprints in Kali river basin in the Western Ghats of peninsular India has revealed declining native vegetation in the basin. This is affecting the region’s water sustainability.
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#1201602019-02-28
Indigenous hunters vital to robust food webs in Australia
Ecologists know that when we humans start tugging at the threads of a food web, the unraveling that results is often catastrophic to the connected species, paving the way for extinction and the invasion of exotic species.
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#1201712019-03-01
Tibetan plateau rose later than we thought
The Tibetan Plateau today is on average 4,500 meters above sea level. It is the biggest mountain-building zone on Earth. Most analyses to date indicated that, back in the Eocene period some 40 million years ago, the plateau was about as high as it is today.
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#1201752019-03-01
Scientists discover how surfaces may have helped early life on Earth begin
On early earth, a series of spontaneous events needed to happen in order for life as we know it to begin. One of those phenomena is the formation of compartments enclosed by lipid membranes. New research by Irep Gözen, Elif Koksal, and colleagues at the University of Oslo reveals, for the first ...
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#1201762019-03-01
Ducks offer researchers a unique opportunity to study human touch
If it walks like a duck (or a goose or a swan), it can find food in mud without seeing or smelling it. These waterfowl bills are covered in skin that's a lot like the sensitive skin on the palms of our hands, and it can feel food in mud and murky water. Slav Bagriantsev, Eve Schneider, and Evan ...