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Birds imitate alarm calls of others to warn of hawks
Posted: June 3, 2015New research has found that the 6 gram brown thornbill mimics the hawk alarm calls of neighbouring species to scare a nest predator by convincing it that a much bigger…
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Study relates influx of North American icebergs in Atlantic Ocean to increased methane production in tropical wetlands
Posted: June 2, 2015A new study shows how huge influxes of fresh water into the North Atlantic Ocean from icebergs calving off North America during the last ice age had an unexpected effect…
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Fusion energy breakthrough
Posted: June 2, 2015Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have for the first time simulated the formation of structures called "plasmoids" during Coaxial Helicity Injection (CHI), a…
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Critically Endangered Ocean Giant is Reproducing Without Sex in the Wild
Posted: June 1, 2015Are males truly essential for reproduction? Female birds, reptiles and sharks living in captivity have sometimes surprised their keepers by giving birth even though, as far as anyone can remember,…
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New research explains why is it difficult to treat Lyme disease
Posted: June 1, 2015Northeastern University researchers have found that the bacterium that causes Lyme disease forms dormant persister cells, which are known to evade antibiotics. This significant finding, they said, could help explain…
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Switzerland Promotes Neighborhood Exchange Boxes
Posted: June 1, 2015If someone were to set up a telephone booth sized box on your street filled with unwanted items — such as books, toys and small knick knacks, perhaps — and…
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Advance in microscopy enables new understanding of proteins
Posted: June 1, 2015One of the more famous images in biology is known as "Photo 51," an image of DNA that chemist Rosalind Franklin and Raymond Gosling created in 1952 by shooting X-rays…
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Good news for Amur Tigers
Posted: May 31, 2015The population of the Amur tiger in Russia has increased to as many as 540 individuals over the last ten years, according to figures released by the Russian government. “I am…
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Tips for Landlords to go green
Posted: May 30, 2015As a landlord, you have a lot on your plate. Your job’s all about making the tenant happy, even if that means watching money go down the drain. But what…
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EPA Approves New Clean Water Protections
Posted: May 29, 2015Drinking unclean water seems like a problem you’d hear about it in the developing world, not the United States. Believe it or not, though, one-third of Americans receive water that…
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