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Researchers tune into Arctic under-ice sounds and test through-ice communication
Weather woesEvans and David Whelihan have been trekking to OIC since 2022, advancing their vision to distribute a set of low-cost sensors across the Arctic for continuous monitoring. Hosted by the Navy's Arctic Submarine Laboratory (ASL) every two years,...
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How a fly brain may help explain the secrets of human behaviour
These three differences between male and female wiring in flies are driven by two key genes. Researchers have known about the genes for years, and how they're linked to each of these behaviours. What they've never been able to...
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Satellite images show how penguins’ diets are changing in response to Antarctic climate change
The color of penguin poop, as seen from space, is offering a new window into how the ecology and the environment of Antarctica are changing over time.Adélie penguins are one of the most abundant predators...
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Yosemite, again in corporate crosshairs, embodies the long war over US national park privatization
Reports that the Trump administration is working to transfer part of Yosemite National Park to a private land developer have heightened concerns among park advocates and the public about privatization of public land.The proposed deal,...
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Bristol scientists may have found first evidence of dark matter
Scientists believe they may be one step closer to detecting dark matter for the first time, but the findings have not been verified by independent researchers.Scientists from the University of Bristol were part of a two-year study to try...
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Pyrograzing turns ordinary livestock into fire prevention heroes, so why isn’t it used on public lands more often?
In grasslands across the American West, four-legged fire prevention crews are busy at work, helping keep wildfire risk under control. These cattle, goats and sheep stomp down tall grasses as they munch their way through...
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The greenest building is the one still standing after a disaster
When Hurricane Michael tore through the Florida Panhandle in 2018, a beach house called the Sand Palace was left standing, while more than half the buildings around it were destroyed.Its owners had built it...
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Translating economic growth into better lives
Solving complex social problems with multiple interrelated causes can involve juggling a variety of factors. Securing funding, designing the right programs, and sustaining the political will necessary to implement them demands a targeted approach.Lyonel Tanganco, a graduate student in...
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Playing against climate risk
Sai Ravela, principal research scientist in MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS), works with a team of researchers, local partners, and community collaborators to develop game-based computer models to help local communities find solutions to their...
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Hertfordshire nature reserves spot rare species during heatwaves
At the end of June, the project visited Fir & Pond Woods, near Potters Bar, and recorded Euides basilinea, a planthopper associated with reeds, which had no previous records in Hertfordshire.At Aldbury Nowers, near Tring, the leafhopper Zygina hyperici...
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Flock says its cameras make US safer – so why are they being sabotaged?
There have been recent incidents of privacy breaches that have caught national attention. Last week, a police officer in...
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