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Plant Diversity and Soil Health are Higher in less Intensively Managed Grasslands
Environmental Science

Plant Diversity and Soil Health are Higher in less Intensively Managed Grasslands

For the first time, researchers found that less intensively managed British grazed grasslands have 50% more plant species and better soil health than intensively managed…
How Songbirds’ Eye-catching Colors Endanger Them
Plants and Animals

How Songbirds’ Eye-catching Colors Endanger Them

It could be one early morning, after a particularly long, dark, and snowy winter, that you first hear it: a robin’s call, a sign of…
New Understandings on the Development of Frog and Toad Color Patterns
Plants and Animals

New Understandings on the Development of Frog and Toad Color Patterns

NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) researchers have discovered new insights into the evolution of color patterns in frogs and toads, which are known as anurans. Color…
Finally, an Issue That Crippled Gamers’ GPUs has Been Fixed in Windows 11
Technology

Finally, an Issue That Crippled Gamers’ GPUs has Been Fixed in Windows 11

Microsoft has finally published a fix for Windows 11 to address bugs that have limited certain PC gamers’ ability to play games. Users’ GPU performance…
Low Marsh Emits More Carbon Dioxide as Temperatures Rise Than High Marsh
Environmental Science

Low Marsh Emits More Carbon Dioxide as Temperatures Rise Than High Marsh

A well-known carbon sink, salt marshes can help with carbon sequestration. They are also dynamic ecosystems, though, and they adjust to the tides and the…
Fitness Levels Accurately Predicted Using Wearable Devices – no Exercise Required
Technology

Fitness Levels Accurately Predicted Using Wearable Devices – no Exercise Required

VO2max is a crucial indicator of general fitness and a critical predictor of mortality risk. Normally, examinations to effectively measure VO2max require expensive laboratory equipment…
The Red Sea’s Crown-of-thorns Seastar is an Endemic Species
Environmental Science

The Red Sea’s Crown-of-thorns Seastar is an Endemic Species

Crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) are marine invertebrates that feed on coral. They occur naturally on reefs throughout the Indo-Pacific region, and when conditions are favorable, they…
Bird Flight can help Predict Turbulence
Technology

Bird Flight can help Predict Turbulence

Most bird species use bird flight as their primary mode of locomotion, in which they take off and fly. Birds use flight to help them…
Using Sensory Deterrents to Reduce Bycatch
Environmental Science

Using Sensory Deterrents to Reduce Bycatch

Making fishing gear more selective is one method for reducing bycatch. This incentive has fueled research into identifying and exploiting differences in the sensory biology…
Ant Pupae Exude Fluid Called “Milk” to Feed Newborn Larvae
Plants and Animals

Ant Pupae Exude Fluid Called “Milk” to Feed Newborn Larvae

An ant colony’s life is a symphony of delicate interactions between the insects that work in unison, more like cells in tissue than separate individuals…
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