Changes in agriculture, trade, food production and consumption after the collapse of the Soviet Union led…
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Animals may have more than one means of surviving hypoxia
A tidepool crustacean’s ability to survive oxygen deprivation though it lacks a key set of genes…
Renault and Nissan end standoff over post-Ghosn governance
Renault announced Thursday that it had reached an agreement with its partner Nissan on the Japanese…
Looking for freshwater in all the snowy places
Snowflakes that cover mountains or linger under tree canopies are a vital freshwater resource for over…
Astronomers see 'warm' glow of Uranus's rings
The rings of Uranus are invisible to all but the largest telescopes—they weren’t even discovered until…
New study maps how ocean currents connect the world's fisheries
A new study published in the journal Science finds that the world’s marine fisheries form a…
Electron-behaving nanoparticles rock current understanding of matter
It’s not an electron. But it sure does act like one. Click here for…
People globally return 'lost' wallets more as money increases
The setup of a research study was a bit like the popular ABC television program “What…
Research team supersizes 'quantum squeezing' to measure ultrasmall motion
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have harnessed the phenomenon of “quantum…
Bank of England to mull access for likes of Facebook's Libra
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney is open to the idea of letting new payment services…