Fighting obesity: Could it be as plain as dirt?
It costs the global economy an estimated US $2 trillion annually and has been dubbed a modern day health epidemic, but new research has...
Researchers reverse engineer way pine trees produce green chemicals worth billions
Researchers have reverse engineered the way a pine tree produces a resin, which could serve as an environmentally friendly alternative to a range of...
Declining snowpack over Western US mapped at a finer scale
Researchers mapped the changes in snow mass from 1982 to 2016 onto a grid of squares 2.5-miles on a side over the entire contiguous...
Secrets of iron storage in algae
New research shows that phytoplankton iron storage strategies may determine which species thrive in changing oceans and impact marine food webs, according to a...
Fire’s effects on soil moisture, runoff
The 2011 Las Conchas mega-fire in New Mexico burned more than 150,000 acres and threatened the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Now, using data from...
College textbooks largely overlook the most common animals
A recent study of textbooks aimed at introductory biology courses finds that they devote less than one percent of their text to discussing insects,...
Workplace exposure to pesticides and metals linked to heightened heart disease risk
Workplace exposure to metals and pesticides is linked to a heightened risk of heart disease in Hispanic and Latino workers, reveals new research.
Hypoxic dead zones found in urban streams, not just at the coast
A new study finds that hypoxic dead zones occur in nutrient-laden urban streams, not just in coastal waters. The research shows that intense storm...
Historic earthquakes test Indonesia’s seismic hazard assessment
Using data gleaned from historical reports, researchers have now identified the sources of some of the most destructive Indonesian earthquakes in Java, Bali and...
Stop sterilizing your dust
A new study has found that an antimicrobial chemical called triclosan is abundant in dust -- and linked to changes in its genetic makeup....
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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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