Harbor porpoises have rebounded in a big way off California. Their populations have recovered dramatically since…
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Innovations through hair-thin optical fibers
Scientists at the University of Bonn have built hair-thin optical fiber filters in a very simple…
Lasers create miniature robots from bubbles
Robots are widely used to build cars, paint airplanes and sew clothing in factories, but the…
How fellow students improve your own grades
Better grades thanks to your fellow students? A study conducted by the University of Zurich’s Faculty…
The idea of an environmental tax is finally gaining strength
An extra 290,000 pounds a year for lighting and cleaning because smog darkens and pollutes everything:…
Early breeding reduced harmful mutations in sorghum
When humans first domesticated maize some 9,000 years ago, those early breeding efforts led to an…
New tool for assessing the benefits, risks and sustainability of the consumption of fish
Researchers from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili’s (Tarragona/Spain) research group TecnATox have optimized the website FishChoice,…
Fossil burrows point to ancient seafloor colonization by giant marine worms
Giant ambush-predator worms, possible ancestors of the ‘bobbit worm’, may have colonized the seafloor of the…
Stickiness is a weapon some plants use to fend off hungry insects
Imagine the texture of a plant. Many may come to mind—the smooth rubberiness of many tropical…
Biden administration must act fast to save migratory birds
On January 5, 2021, the day before the world watched in horror as the U.S. Capitol…