Ancient rainfall records stretching 550,000 years into the past may upend scientists’ understanding of what controls the Asian summer monsoon and other aspects of the Earth’s long-term climate. Milankovitch theory …read more Source:: Science
Day: May 24, 2018
When the dinosaurs died, so did forests — and tree-dwelling birds
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•Sixty-six million years ago, the world burned. An asteroid crashed to Earth with a force one million times larger than the largest atomic bomb, causing the extinction of the dinosaurs. …read more Source:: Science
Imminent extinction of northern white rhinoceros motivates genetic recovery efforts
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•Earlier this year, the last remaining male northern white rhinoceros (NWR) died in captivity, nearly cementing the fate of this subspecies for extinction. In the wild, continuing threats of poaching, …read more Source:: Science
Ingestible ‘bacteria on a chip’ could help diagnose disease
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•Researchers have built an ingestible sensor equipped with genetically engineered bacteria that can diagnose bleeding in the stomach or other gastrointestinal problems. …read more Source:: Science
Scientists can predict which storks will migrate to Africa in autumn and which will remain in Europe
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•Scientists can predict which storks will migrate to Africa in autumn and which will remain in Europe. …read more Source:: Science
New theory finds ‘traffic jams’ in jet stream cause abnormal weather patterns
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•A study offers an explanation for a mysterious and sometimes deadly weather pattern in which the jet stream, the global air currents that circle the Earth, stalls out over a …read more Source:: Science
Bold lizards of all sizes have higher mating success
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•Boldness correlates with the mating success, but not body size or sex, of yellow-spotted monitor lizards roaming the remote Oombulgurri floodplains of tropical Western Australia, ecologists report. Bold individuals expose …read more Source:: Science