Diverse Forests Can Absorb More Carbon Than Single Species Forests, Study Finds
A recent study carried out in Eastern China has found that forests full of diverse species of trees are capable of absorbing twice as much…
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Yearly Archive: 2018
“Ripples” Of Hippocampal Activity Help Consolidate Memories During Sleep
By now, it is commonly accepted in the scientific community that sleep is a necessary part of memory formation and consolidation. Over a century of…
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Marine Microbe Enables Electrically-Mediated Reduction Of CO2
The combustion of fossil fuels by humans contributes to the elevated concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide, facilitating climate change. In 2017, the transportation sector released…
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List Of Geometric Shapes And Their Names
One of the properties of objects that geometry studies is their shape. The geometric shapes and their names below give you a general sense of what…
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Social Behaviors In Newly-Hatched Tortoises
Monday morning, London tube. Standing there, in a crowd of hundreds, your mind goes to your plans for the day, your morning appointments, errands to…
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Color-Coded Periodic Table
The color-coded periodic table is a tabular representation of the different chemical elements. Elements in the periodic table can be color-coded together according to atomic…
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List Of Animal Names
You’ve surely heard of common animal names like rats, dolphins, rabbits, apes, ducks, pigs and snakes. However, what follows are a list of animals with…
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What Is A Good IQ Score?
Maybe you’re wondering what a good IQ score is because you’re thinking about taking, or have recently taken, an IQ test. The short answer is…
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Ultrasonic Vocalizations In The California Mouse
Vocal communication between individuals is vital to navigating social situations. Often when we think about vocal communication, we think about speech in humans or song…
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Silver Nanoparticles In Natural Waters: Is it Only Humans Who Are To Blame?
Nanotechnology is a rapidly-growing technology in our time. Nanoparticles are very small objects with a diameter ranging from 1 to 100 nm, where 1 nm…
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Sensitivity Of Glaciation In The Arid Subtropical Andes To Changes In Climate
Understanding the sensitivity of glaciers to changes in climate provides insight into the climatic drivers of past glaciations and helps us predict how glaciers and…
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