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Scorpions adapt their stinging, stingers and sting contents to minimize costs...
Replenishing venom takes time and energy—so it pays to be stingy with stings.
According to researchers at the Australian National Institute of Tropical Health and...
How acids behave in ultracold interstellar space
A research group from Ruhr-Universität Bochum has investigated how acids interact with water molecules at extremely low temperatures. Using spectroscopic analyses and computer simulations,...
Site of biggest ever meteorite collision in the UK discovered
Evidence for the ancient, 1.2 billion years old, meteorite strike, was first discovered in 2008 near Ullapool, NW Scotland by scientists from Oxford and...
Researchers discover meat-eating plant in Ontario, Canada
Call it the "Little Bog of Horrors." In what is believed to be a first for North America, biologists at the University of Guelph...
Older forests resist change—climate change, that is
Older forests in eastern North America are less vulnerable to climate change than younger forests—particularly for carbon storage, timber production, and biodiversity—new University of...
Detection of powerful winds driven by a supermassive black hole from...
The supermassive black holes in the centres of many galaxies seem to have a major influence on their evolution. This happens during a phase...
Solved: How tides can trigger earthquakes
The tides are turning in a quest to solve an earthquake mystery.
Years ago, scientists realized that earthquakes along mid-ocean ridges—those underwater mountain ranges at...
Industrial methane emissions are 100 times higher than reported, researchers say
Emissions of methane from the industrial sector have been vastly underestimated, researchers from Cornell and Environmental Defense Fund have found.
Using a Google Street View...
USA lags behind EU, Brazil and China in banning harmful pesticides
Many pesticides that have been banned or are being phased out in the EU, Brazil and China, are still widely used in the USA,...
Detection of powerful winds driven by a supermassive black hole from...
The supermassive black holes in the centres of many galaxies seem to have a major influence on their evolution. This happens during a phase...
Could climate change make Siberia habitable for humans?
Large parts of Asian Russia could become habitable by the late 21st century due to climate change, new research has found.
A study team from...
