Here’s the thing about bats: They can fly. And they do that in the dark. …
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Dwindling tropical rainforests mean lost medicines yet to be discovered in their plants
Growing up in Tanzania, I knew that fruit trees were useful. Climbing a mango tree to…
Chemists map an artificial molecular self-assembly pathway with complexities of life
Two pathways diverged in a chemical synthesis, and one molecule took them both. Chemists at the…
Opioid solutions found beyond the headlines
Every day, the headlines offer yet another example of how the ongoing opioid epidemic is devastating…
Arctic Ocean could be ice-free for part of the year as soon as 2044
It’s hard to imagine the Arctic without sea ice. Click here for original story,…
How multiple factors of climate change affect soil
A team of ecologists at Freie Universität Berlin studied soil and how it was affected by…
Making planets in a rocket
How are celestial bodies created? Aside from philosophical questions, researchers are taking practical steps to investigate…
Protecting native vegetation on rural properties yields Brazil USD 1.5 trillion per year
The 270 million hectares of native vegetation preserved by rural landowners (Legal Reserves and unprotected areas)…
Jackdaw mobs flip from chaos to order as they grow
Chaotic mobs of jackdaws suddenly get organised once enough birds join in, new research shows. …
Heavy snow leaves one dead, 300,000 homes without power in France
Heavy snowfall across a large swath of southeast France has left one person dead and cut…