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What actually causes aging?
Posted: August 1, 2015When does aging really begin? Two Northwestern University scientists now have a molecular clue. In a study of the transparent roundworm C. elegans, they found that adult cells abruptly begin…
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How bees naturally vaccinate their babies
Posted: July 31, 2015When it comes to vaccinating their babies, bees don't have a choice — they naturally immunize their offspring against specific diseases found in their environments. And now for the first…
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New study exposes negative effects of climate change on Antarctic fish
Posted: July 31, 2015Scientists at University of California Davis and San Francisco State University have discovered that the combination of elevated levels of carbon dioxide and an increase in ocean water temperature has…
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UK Bog ecosystem threatened by climate change impacts
Posted: July 31, 2015An entire ecosystem is at risk from the effects of climate change on the UK’s blanket bogs, scientists at the University of Leeds have warned. These wetland habitats provide important feeding…
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Forests take years to rebound from drought
Posted: July 30, 2015In the virtual worlds of climate modeling, forests and other vegetation are assumed to bounce back quickly from extreme drought. But that assumption is far off the mark, according to…
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Making Tastier Wines with Fewer Pesticides
Posted: July 30, 2015Wine-making is steeped in age-old traditions, but to address the threat of pests and concerns over heavy pesticide use, vintners are turning to science. With the goal of designing better…
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Not all whaling is the same
Posted: July 30, 2015The Faroe Islands' annual 'grindadráp', in which hundreds of pilot whales are slaughtered with knives and hooks, is a horrifying spectacle, writes David Lusseau. But unlike industrial whaling it poses…
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Offshore Wind Power Comes to the US
Posted: July 29, 2015The United States marked an energy milestone this week as construction began on a pilot offshore wind program that will be used to test the economic feasibility of offshore wind…
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Fort Knox Military Base establishes Indiana Bat Management Area
Posted: July 29, 2015Fort Knox, a U.S. military installation located near Louisville, Kentucky, and famous for storing the nation’s gold bullion, has two of the largest known maternity colonies of federally endangered Indiana…
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions from US Corn Belt have been Underestimated
Posted: July 29, 2015Estimates of how much nitrous oxide, a significant greenhouse gas and stratospheric ozone-depleting substance, is being emitted in the central United States have been too low by as much as…
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