When Eels Can’t Go With The Flow
Rivers: they are considered the veins of the Earth, providing numerous goods and services such as nutrient fluxes, habitat connectivity, food, and drinking water sources….
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The Response Of Polar Clouds To The Atmospheric Electric Field And Inputs Of Ionospheric And Extraterrestrial Origin
Background The search for links between variations in extraterrestrial energy inputs to the Earth’s atmosphere and meteorological processes has a long, and sometimes controversial, history…
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How Does Your Childhood Environment Shape Your Preferences As An Adult?
Imagine I stop you on the street and give you the following choice: I can either grab $7 out of my wallet and hand it…
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E. coli Takes On Biofuels
Petroleum constitutes the main source of energy all over the world. Excessive consumption of this resource due to the continuous increase in the world’s population…
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Too Much Water May Have Been A Problem For Ancient Iraq
Today, Iraq is suffering from prolonged droughts and drops in water levels in its well-known rivers: the Tigris and Euphrates. For scholars, ancient Iraq is…
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How To Predict Materials’ Lifetime For Solar Technologies
Global warming and climate change are probably the major challenges facing humanity today, which necessitates the reduction of the anthropogenic CO2 emissions into the atmosphere….
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Motives And Preferences For Coffee Consumption
All over the world, people love coffee and consumption is increasing globally. Production, marketing and habits of coffee consumption has changed significantly over time. Once,…
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Curbing “Addictive” Behavior In Soft Drink Consumption
Humans, unfortunately, seem to have a propensity for addictive behavior. Whether it be binge-eating, alcohol abuse or even more abstract behavioral patterns such as gambling,…
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How Pollen Geochemistry Can Be Used To Reconstruct UV-B Radiation In The Past
Ultraviolet radiation (UV-B; 280 to 315 nm) is electromagnetic radiation originating from the sun, which reaches the Earth’s surface. UV-B radiation can cause chemical reactions…
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Finding Frankenflora: Using Sanger Sequencing To Identify Protea Hybrids
“Frankenflora” are swarms of hybrid plants that are the result of species being translocated outside of their natural ranges. The name was first coined by…
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Witnessing The Rise Or Fall Of A Species: Introgressive Hybridization Of Dolphins In The Greek Seas (Stenella coeruleoalba And Delphinus delphis)
Under some circumstances, it is possible for members of two different species to mate and produce viable offspring. This phenomenon is called hybridization and is…
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