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Rich bugs revealed: Homes in wealthier neighborhoods host a greater diversity of insects
The scientists researching indoor arthropods describe home environments as their own unique, thriving ecosystems. Roughly 100 different species of arthropods are found inside the...
The demise of the Maya civilization: Water shortage can destroy cultures
Credit: Vienna University of Technology
Something really drastic must have happened to end the Classic Maya Period in the 9th Century. Within a short period...
Fossilized rivers suggest warm, wet ancient Mars
Perspective view of Aram Dorsum, an inverted channel on Mars and candidate landing site for the ExoMars rover. Credit: NASA/JPL/MSSS
Extensive systems of fossilised riverbeds...
Warbler genomes look to be 99.97 percent alike
This is an illustration of warbler.Credit: Liz Clayton Fuller, Bartels Science Illustration Intern.
For decades, conservationists have considered blue-winged warblers to be a threat to...
The cave bear: A vegan gone extinct
Adult Cave Bear with cub from Goyet Cave in Belgium.Credit: © RBINS
Senckenberg scientists have studied the feeding habits of the extinct Cave Bear. Based...
How sleep deprivation harms memory
Credit: Flickr/mateusd
Researchers from the Universities of Groningen (Netherlands) and Pennsylvania have discovered a piece in the puzzle of how sleep deprivation negatively affects memory.
For...
Human footprint surprisingly outpaced by population and economic growth
The global impact of human activities on the natural environment is extensive, but those impacts are expanding at a slower rate than the rate...
How melanoma spreads to other organs in the body
In a landmark discovery, researchers at Tel Aviv University have unraveled the metastatic mechanism of melanoma, the most aggressive of all skin cancers.
According to...
Music at work increases cooperation, teamwork
Cornell University researchers found that music can have important effects on the cooperative spirits of those exposed to music. Credit: Cornell University
From casual acoustic...
Time of day influences our susceptibility to infection, study finds
We are more susceptible to infection at certain times of the day as our body clock affects the ability of viruses to replicate and...
Programmable network routers
“You need to have the ability for researchers and engineers to try out thousands of ideas,” says Hari Balakrishnan, the Fujitsu Professor in Electrical...
