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Ecuadorian hummingbirds chirp ultrasonic songs of seduction
Perched on a flowering shrub on a windy Andean mountainside, the tiny Ecuadorian Hillstar hummingbird chirps songs of seduction that only another bird of...
River plants counter both flooding and drought to protect biodiversity
ying out, thereby protecting biodiversity. Cornacchia: "They provide a natural buffer against hydrological changes."
Huge implications for water management
"The implications for water management are huge," says Cornacchia....
Ancient peoples in Patagonia who adapted to changing climate offer insights for today
New research has uncovered how an ancient human population adapted effectively to climate change, offering insights that are useful for the environmental challenges of...
The research is clear: White people are not more likely than Black people to...
When he was asked this week why Black people are "still dying at the hands of law enforcement" in the U.S., President Donald Trump...
New explosive materials to bring nontoxic ammunition
ts for an explosive. These ingredients include carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen.
"Toxicity-wise, silver is an improvement over lead, but it's still a little toxic....
Replacing lithium with sodium in batteries
An international team of scientists from NUST MISIS, Russian Academy of Science and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf has found that instead of lithium (Li), sodium...
Sperm discovery reveals clue to genetic ‘immortality’
New insights into an elusive process that protects developing sperm cells from damage in growing embryos, sheds light on how genetic information passes down,...
Atomtronic device could probe boundary between quantum, everyday worlds
A new device that relies on flowing clouds of ultracold atoms promises potential tests of the intersection between the weirdness of the quantum world...
Coronavirus is messing with the weather forecast too
Weather forecasts have become less accurate during the COVID-19 pandemic due to the reduction in commercial flights, according to new research.
A new study in...
When power is toxic: Dominance reduces influence in groups
Being the strongest, biggest and most aggressive individual in a group might make you dominant, but it doesn't mean you make all the decisions.
A...
Scientists achieve major breakthrough in preserving integrity of sound waves
In a breakthrough for physics and engineering, researchers from the Photonics Initiative at the Advanced Science Research Center at The Graduate Center, CUNY (CUNY...
