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Its a fact: animals can predict earthquakes.
Posted: March 30, 2015The Amazon rainforest teems with animal activity throughout the day and night. When animals suddenly withdraw and go silent, however, something unusual is going on. Many believe that this reaction…
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Study finds electric vehicles will travel further than drivers expect
Posted: March 30, 2015Electric vehicles (EVs) will meet the daily travel needs of drivers longer than commonly assumed, according to the first study of its kind carried out by scientists at the US…
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The highlight of the “Green Knesset” Project: The unveiling of the largest solar field in any parliament in the world
Posted: March 30, 2015In the past few weeks, giant cranes have unloaded some 1,500 solar panels onto the Knesset's (legislative branch of the Israeli government) roofs. These panels were created especially for the…
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Oceans' heat-buffering ability may be weakening
Posted: March 30, 2015For decades, the earth’s oceans have soaked up more than nine-tenths of the atmosphere’s excess heat trapped by greenhouse gas emissions. By stowing that extra energy in their depths, oceans…
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Lunch apparently not that appealing to children anymore
Posted: March 30, 2015According to new analysis of data from the 2009-2012 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) that evaluated eating patterns of 3,647 children ages 4-13 years, skipping lunch is a…
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NASA captures best images yet of a dwarf planet
Posted: March 29, 2015As NASA's Dawn spacecraft closes in on Ceres, new images show the dwarf planet at 27 pixels across, about three times better than the calibration images taken in early December….
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Climate change doesn't cause severe winters after all
Posted: March 28, 2015Cold snaps like the ones that hit the eastern United States in the past winters are not a consequence of climate change. Scientists at ETH Zurich and the California Institute…
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Antioxidant Effects differ by Leaf Color
Posted: March 27, 2015Lettuce, one of the indispensable vegetables in the Mediterranean diet, is a food that greatly benefits health, mainly because it is rich in antioxidants. But not all lettuce varieties have…
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Shifting temperatures will affect flavors, quality of food
Posted: March 27, 2015Love scrumptious vegan pizza? You’d better enjoy it while you can, because climate change is moving in to hog a slice. According to an Australian report, Appetite for Change, climate…
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Antarctic ice loss is accelerating
Posted: March 27, 2015New research published this week in the journal Science Express describes how the ice shelves around Antarctica are thinning and therefore allowing more of the ice sheet behind them to flow…
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