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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Small freshwater bodies are supercharged ecosystems with regards to carbon turnover within a landscape. They often form the lowest point of catchments and, due to…
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One of the greatest mysteries that has enchanted scientists in recent times is how it was possible for chemical structures to become biological systems. Scientists…
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A future with unabated climate change is a scary one. It is a future of rising seas and amplified extreme weather events, one of drought,…
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It is known that moist convection is a key factor for the development of tropical weather systems, severe weather, thunderstorms, hailstorms, and tornadoes. It acts…
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There are many different factors that can drive a plant population toward extinction, but anthropogenic threats (eg. habitat loss, invasive species) are the most common…
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Currently in the world today there are five countries classified as communist countries: China, Cuba, Laos, Korea, and Vietnam. But what does it mean for…
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Clays are low-cost materials that can be found abundantly in natural deposits distributed around the world. Clays are known as a versatile material used for…
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A Toulouse-led interdisciplinary research consortium shows that the fruit fly has all the cognitive capacities to culturally transmit their sexual preferences across generations, potentially leading…
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The horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae), is a major pest of horse-chestnut trees (Aesculus hippocastanum) in Europe. This little moth (only 5mm long)…
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