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Penguin propulsion: The physics behind the world's fastest swimming birds
Penguins aren’t just cute: they’re also speedy. Gentoo penguins are the fastest swimming birds in the…
Researchers use stem cell zoo to compare six mammalian species and their developmental time
In humans, pregnancy lasts around nine months. In mice, only 20 days, and in rhinoceroses, as…
Researchers focus on function to help identify genetic changes that made us human
Humans split away from our closest animal relatives, chimpanzees, and formed our own branch on the…
Climate action plans mobilize limited urban change, researchers report
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), released just prior to an international…
Tooth fossil found at Smithsonian turns out to be from ancient hippo-like creature
A pair of paleobiologists with the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History has found evidence…
Adapting to climate change: Researchers find natural gene variant that allows barley to flower earlier
A tiny mutation in the genetic material of barley ensures that those plants develop faster and…
Study shows that adding silicon to soil could help protect canola from clubroot
Adding silicon to soil could help battle clubroot, a deadly disease in canola crops, new University…
Stretched police branded 'unjust' by Australian youth battling mental health
Criminologists have warned dangerous and fatal consequences will continue when overburdened and undertrained police respond to…
Unlocking the secrets to Mars by simulating the planet's geology and hydrology
Humans have been fascinated by Mars probably since the first of the species turned their gaze…