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Science can now link climate change with some extreme weather events
Extreme weather events like floods, heat waves and droughts can devastate communities and populations worldwide. Recent scientific advances have enabled…
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Many species now going extinct may vanish without a fossil trace
Scientists struggle to compare the magnitude of Earth’s ongoing sixth mass-extinction event with the five great die-offs of prehistory. A…
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Researchers at the University of California, San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering have developed…
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A grasshopper's change in diet to high-energy carbohydrates while being hunted by spiders may…
Butterflies and Bats Reveal Clues About Spread of Infectious Disease
There's a most unusual gym in ecologist Sonia Altizer's lab at the University of…
Complex world of microbes fine-tune body weight
Microorganisms in the human gastrointestinal tract form an intricate, living fabric made up of…
All the Colors of a High-Energy Rainbow, in a Tightly Focused Beam
For the first time, researchers have produced a coherent, laser-like, directed beam of light…