Different cultures, different habits and different behavioral patterns — this applies not only to humans but also to chimpanzees, one of our two closest living relatives. A team of researchers …read more Source:: Science
Month: February 2019
Captured carbon dioxide converts into oxalic acid to process rare earth elements
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•Removing carbon dioxide from power plant emissions is a good idea to start with — and it may have an extra economic benefit. Engineers are presenting results on turning carbon …read more Source:: Science
Good dog? Bad dog? Their personalities can change
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•When dog-parents spend extra time scratching their dogs’ bellies, take their dogs out for long walks and games of fetch, or even when they feel constant frustration over their dogs’ …read more Source:: Science
A tasty Florida butterfly turns sour
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•A 15-year study by entomologists found that, when living apart from the unsavory bug it mimics, the viceroy butterfly becomes yucky, making biologists rethink old theories about animal mimicry. …read more Source:: Science
Diving into Earth’s interior helps scientists unravel secrets of diamond formation
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•Understanding the global carbon cycle provides scientists with vital clues about the planet’s habitability. …read more Source:: Science
Honeybees’ waggle dance no longer useful in some cultivated landscapes
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•For bees and other social insects, being able to exchange information is vital for the success of their colony. One way honeybees do this is through their waggle dance. Biologists …read more Source:: Science
Do volcanoes or an asteroid deserve blame for dinosaur extinction?
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•Scientists have obtained more precise dates for the Deccan Traps volcanic lava flows, linking peak activity more closely to the asteroid or comet impact 66 million years ago and the …read more Source:: Science
Yeasts reach across tree of life to domesticate suite of bacterial genes
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•New research finds that some yeast picked up a whole suite of genes from bacteria that gave them the new ability to scavenge iron from their environment. It’s one of …read more Source:: Science
Getting to the bottom of fairy circles
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•Fairy circles are round gaps in arid grassland that are distributed very uniformly over the landscape and only occur along the Namib Desert in southern Africa and in parts of …read more Source:: Science
Origins of giant extinct New Zealand bird traced to Africa
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•Scientists have revealed the African origins of New Zealand’s most mysterious giant flightless bird — the now extinct adzebill — showing that some of its closest living relatives are the …read more Source:: Science