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Coping with climate stress in Antarctica
Some Antarctic fish living in the planet's coldest waters are able to cope with the stress…
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Berguitta heading toward Mauritius
NASA's Terra satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean and saw Tropical Cyclone Berguitta moving southwest…
Hubble weighs in on mass of three million billion suns
In 2014, astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope found that this enormous galaxy cluster contains…
New study shows producers where and how to grow cellulosic biofuel crops
According to a recent ruling by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 288 million gallons of…
New catalyst for hydrogen production is a step toward clean fuel
A nanostructured composite material developed at UC Santa Cruz has shown impressive performance as a catalyst…
World’s largest sea turtle could come off ‘endangered’ list
Federal ocean managers say it might be time to move the East Coast population of the…
Want people to work together? Familiarity, ability to pick partners could be key
The key to getting people to work together effectively could be giving them the flexibility to…
Pharmaceuticals and other contaminants force fish to work much harder to survive
Pharmaceuticals and other man-made contaminants are forcing fish that live downstream from a typical sewage treatment…
Scientists home in on a potential Anthropocene ‘Golden Spike’
Scientists are reviewing the potential settings where a global reference section for the Anthropocene might be…