Boundary of heliosphere mapped
For the first time, the boundary of the heliosphere has been mapped, giving scientists a better understanding of how solar and interstellar winds interact.
Trees, plants and soil could help cities cut their carbon footprints — but mainstreaming...
Carbon footprint declarations are used in construction to ease product selection for low carbon building, but these standards don't yet exist for green elements...
An unusual symbiosis of a ciliate, green alga, and purple bacterium
The intracellular purple sulfur bacterium 'Candidatus Thiodictyon intracellulare' has lost the ability to oxidize sulfur and now supplies a ciliate with energy from photosynthesis.
Climate conditions during the migration of Homo sapiens out of Africa reconstructed
Climate reconstruction of the last 200,000 years from East Africa illustrates the living conditions of Homo sapiens when they migrated out of Africa /...
Scientists expose the cold heart of landfalling hurricanes
Fearsome and powerful, hurricanes can wreak massive destruction when they hit land. But while most hurricanes then weaken, others can strengthen again into extratropical...
What does it take to discover a new species of cicada?
An observation of an insect exoskeleton on a potted plant may lead to the identification of a new species of cicada.
Too many forewing eyespots are bad for butterflies
Biologists sought to understand the impact of uneven distribution of eyespots on butterflies. The team found that the location of these eyespots is key...
Irish potato famine pathogen stoked outbreaks on six continents
Researchers tracking the evolution of different strains of the plant pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine in the 1840s show that the historic...
The sun’s clock
Not only the 11-year cycle, but also all other periodic solar activity fluctuations can be clocked by planetary attractive forces. With new model calculations,...
Barks in the night lead to the discovery of new species
A new study finds that the barking hyraxes are a separate species from their shrieking neighbors. The newly described species, Dendrohyrax interfluvialis, populates the...
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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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