It is not rare to find in the fossil record of vertebrates cases in which fossils from one or few extinct species predominate over others…
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During the last two decades, air pollution has been regarded as one of the toughest challenges facing human beings. As the key indicator of air…
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Why are forests relevant? Forest ecosystems contain large amounts of different groups of organisms and play a key role in biodiversity conservation across the world’s…
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The Holocene, the current geological epoch, spans approximately the last 11,700 years. Holocene temperature variability in Ireland is considered to have been relatively subdued; however, recent…
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Recent years have seen an increase in the number of robotic solutions geared toward social interactions with humans. Social robots are designed to collaborate and…
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The capacity to adapt and learn with experience is one of the most intriguing features of the brain. The recent dramatic success of artificial intelligence…
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In-situ burning (ISB) is a conventional method in oil spill cleanup. It requires less equipment compared to manual or mechanical recovery. It is also faster…
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In 2016, over three million children in the United States were subjects of a child protective service (CPS) investigation. One in five of these children…
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Forests have a complicated relationship with carbon and climate. They sequester huge quantities of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, estimated at 10-20 percent of U.S. emissions,…
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In scientific and political arenas, much attention is given to the issue of climate change. Yet, there is another type of climate change that has also…
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Hydrogen can be easily produced through water electrolysis (2H2O → 2H2 + O2), a process that makes use of electricity to break the bonds between constituent elements…
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