Widespread species decline at the hands of humans is a powerful tale. According to the International…
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Sex worker rights: Hysteria, surveillance and threats to fundamental freedoms
2:00 a.m. The phone rang, abruptly awakening me. It was the hotel night clerk calling to…
Can we really restore or protect natural habitats to 'offset' those we destroy?
In the forests of northern Sweden, a major train line cuts through land originally protected for…
Defending the environment now more lethal than soldiering in some war zones
Despite centuries of persecution, indigenous groups still manage or have tenure rights over at least a…
Neonicotinoids may have an unexplored harmful exposure route to beneficial insects
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Spain has found neonicotinoids represent an unexplored…
Saildrone is first to circumnavigate Antarctica, in search for carbon dioxide
It was an audacious idea: To send an unmanned saildrone on a 13,670-nautical-mile journey around Antarctica…
Thyroid hormone can alter color vision in zebrafish, potentially in humans
Exposure to thyroid hormone can alter eye function in zebrafish, a result with implications for curing…
Space travel might fry your brain, causing permanent learning and memory problems
During the course of a deep space mission, astronauts are routinely in various degrees of peril.…
New study could reset how scientists view sex determination in painted turtle populations
A new study from Iowa State University scientists could flip the established framework for how scientists…
Ancient soil provides a window to the past
Noelle Purcell, a senior in the Columbian College of Arts and Science, spent the first half…