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Researchers from the Max Planck Institue in Leipzig Germany announced that they have determined hominid remains found in a cave in Russia belonged to a…
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While altruism is often practiced between close friends, people will also sometimes help random strangers they meet. New research shows that this social behavior is…
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An international team of researchers recently published a large scale scientific study in the journal Nature, warning that a global collapse in biodiversity is likely…
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Indigenous people make up about five percent of the world’s population, residing in 70 countries with minimum or no management control over their land, resources,…
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Though scientists have long known that Africa was home to unique species of dinosaurs not found anywhere else, little is known about how they got…
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Methane is an important ‘greenhouse gas’; that is, a gas that plays a role in earth’s heat balance and hence our climate. In fact, molecule…
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We wake up from a night’s sleep and go about our day until it becomes dark again and we head off to bed. That is…
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A recent find at the mysterious monument known as Stonehenge has offered a clue to the origins of the stones. Recently, the bones of people…
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Back in April the EU voted to completely ban the use of clothianidin, imidacloprid, and thiamethoxam; all part of a group of chemicals called neonicotinoids – a widely used group…
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Every so often, scientists make surprising discoveries that most people did not expect. One of the most exciting recent discovery has been a penguin mega-colony…
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Heavy rains that began on December 20, 2016, caused severe flooding in the province of Mersin, southern Turkey, on December 29, 2016. Two people died…
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