CHICAGO (Reuters) – Home improvement chain Lowe’s Cos Inc will stop selling a type of pesticide suspected of causing a decline in honeybee populations needed to pollinate key American crops, …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
‘Warm blob’ in Pacific Ocean linked to weird weather across the US
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•An unusually warm patch of surface water, nicknamed ‘the blob’ when it emerged in early 2014, is part of a Pacific Ocean pattern that may be affecting everything from West …read more Source:: Science
Greatest mass extinction driven by acidic oceans, study finds
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•Changes to the Earth’s oceans, caused by extreme volcanic activity, triggered the greatest extinction of all time, a study suggests. The amount of carbon added to the atmosphere that triggered …read more Source:: Science
Mountain gorillas: Lots of deleterious genetic variation disappeared from population thanks to inbreeding
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•Researchers have produced the first whole-genome sequences of endangered mountain gorillas in the Virunga volcanic mountain range in central Africa. Findings from sequence analysis suggest the gorillas have lived in …read more Source:: Science
First real-time observation of the onset of stellar jets during the formation of a massive protostar
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•An international team of astronomers has first observed the moment in which a massive protostar begins to develop jets of matter and energy, crucial for star formation. …read more Source:: Science
Dispersant used to clean deepwater horizon spill more toxic to corals than the oil
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•The dispersant used to remediate the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is more toxic to cold-water corals at lower concentrations than the spilled oil, according …read more Source:: Science
New evidence for combat and cannibalism in tyrannosaurs
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•A new study documents injuries inflicted in life and death to a large tyrannosaurine dinosaur. The paper shows that the skull of a tyrannosaur genus, Daspletosaurus, suffered numerous injuries during …read more Source:: Science
California bill banning child vaccine exemptions moves ahead
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•(Reuters) – California lawmakers on Wednesday pushed forward a bill that would ban parents from citing their personal beliefs as a reason to let their school-going children remain unvaccinated. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Shorter height is directly associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease
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•A genetic approach has been used by researchers to show link between height and disease. “We have shown that the association between shorter height and higher risk of coronary heart …read more Source:: Science
Dust-covered ice glaciers found on Mars
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (Reuters) – Mars has thousands of glaciers buried beneath its dusty surface, enough frozen water to blanket the planet with a 3.6-foot(1.1- meter) thick layer of ice, …read more Source:: UKScienceNews