[ad_1] According to new research conducted by the Marinelife Loggerhead Center and the University of Georgia, the ingestion of degrading oceanic plastics is likely to pose a significant risk to the survival …
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[ad_1] According to scientists, soft-bodied jellyfish that can cross narrower openings than their bodies could be used to monitor fragile coral reefs. Several of the robots, propelled by hydraulic tentacles, were subjected …
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[ad_1] Credit rating: Simon GilroyThe usual day before finds that the calcium crosses the tissues of the plant after an aggression and delivers a signal of alert.A single designated watch shows how …
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[ad_1] The underwater world of kelp forests is a dark and mysterious place filled with beautiful creatures. Some of them – sea otters – are among the most charismatic aquatic mammals. Recently …
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[ad_1] Data collected from 1.5 million respondents helped researchers reduce their personality into four groups. Researchers at Northwestern University have found that all four personality types are average, reserved, egocentric, and role …
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[ad_1] A simulated perspective of Ahuna Mons, based on images taken in Dawn in 2016, at an altitude of 240 miles. NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA …
Read More »The role of miniaturization in the evolution of the jaw and the middle ear of mammals
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[ad_1] Researchers in the United States have developed the first passive anti-freeze surface that could revolutionize the management of ice accumulation in airplanes, cars and even roads. A study released by Virginia …
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[ad_1] But until now, scientists have never been able to quantify exactly how many birds migrate to North America. Bird experts at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology have now done it, using …
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