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Scientists have created a membrane made from a waste by-product of vegetable oil manufacturing, which can filter out heavy metals from contaminated water. In...
Indigenous communities used the Caribbean Sea as an aquatic highway
Researchers recently turned to pottery to tease apart the navigational history of the Caribbean, analyzing the composition of 96 fired clay fragments across 11...
How humans evolved to get along (to extent that we do)
The research shows that four neighboring groups of bonobos they studied at the Kokolopori Bonobo Reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo maintained exclusive...
Maine wild blueberry fields experience warming differently depending on location, season, time, study finds
To identify variations in climate across Maine wild blueberry fields at different times of the day and year, researchers analyzed annual and seasonal data...
Can robotics help us achieve sustainable development?
Scientists have assessed how robotics and autonomous systems might facilitate or impede the delivery of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Their findings identify...
Tree species diversity under pressure
A new global study of 46,752 tree species shows that many of them are under substantial pressure and poorly protected. The research team has...
Tapping the ocean as a source of natural products
Using DNA data, researchers have examined seawater to find not only new species of bacteria, but also previously unknown natural products that may one...
No ‘safest spot’ to minimize risk of COVID-19 transmission on trains
Researchers have demonstrated how airborne diseases such as COVID-19 spread along the length of a train carriage and found that there is no 'safest...
Tiny fish-shaped robot ‘swims’ around picking up microplastics
Microplastics are found nearly everywhere on Earth and can be harmful to animals if they're ingested. But it's hard to remove such tiny particles...
Reducing air pollution can support healthy brain development
A new study finds that having a portable air cleaner in the home can reduce the negative impacts of air pollution on brain development...
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He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs."
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The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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