(Reuters) – U.S. consumer groups, scientists and food companies are testing substances ranging from breakfast cereal to breast milk for residues of the world’s most widely used herbicide on rising …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Panama debate fueled by zircon dating
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•New evidence by geologists dates the closure of an ancient seaway at 13 to 15 million years ago and challenges accepted theories about the rise of the Isthmus of Panama …read more Source:: Science
Exceptionally preserved fossil gives voice to ancient terror bird
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•A new species of South American fossil terror bird called Llallawavis scagliai or, ‘Scaglia’s Magnificent Bird’ is shedding light on the diversity of the group and how these giant extinct …read more Source:: Science
Lowe’s to eliminate pesticides that hurt crop pollinating honeybees
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•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