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  • Researchers Sequence the Genome of the Florida Panther

    Researchers Sequence the Genome of the Florida Panther0

    • Earth & Environment
    • October 4, 2019

    The genome of the Florida panther has been sequenced for the first time by researchers from the University of Central Florida and the Ohio State University. The results, published in the journal G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, reveal the successful case of a conservation program.  In the 1990s, the Florida panther population was significantly reduced. As

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  • An Unsolved Mystery: the Disappearance of Urban House Sparrows

    An Unsolved Mystery: the Disappearance of Urban House Sparrows0

    • Earth & Environment, Share Your Science
    • September 25, 2019

    Walking through the centre of some European cities such as London, Amsterdam, Madrid or Prague, you may sense something is missing. If you have a quicker eye, you may have already realized that a specific bird is practically absent from the European skies1. The House Sparrow, a little brown bird, our winged neighbour par excellence

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  • Searching for Life Underneath the Lost City

    Searching for Life Underneath the Lost City0

    • Earth & Environment, Share Your Science
    • August 27, 2019

    The majestic white spires of the Lost City protrude out of a mountain located 800 meters below the Atlantic Ocean. In December of 2000, a team of researchers set out aboard the research vessel Atlantis to explore why a large undersea mountain formed along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. They serendipitously stumbled upon the spires and named

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  • Northern White Rhino Eggs Were Successfully Fertilized. Now We Wait.

    Northern White Rhino Eggs Were Successfully Fertilized. Now We Wait.0

    • Earth & Environment, Flash News
    • August 26, 2019

    Seven eggs harvested from the nearly extinct white rhinos have been successfully matured and artificially inseminated. Scientists injected frozen sperm cells from two white rhino bulls into the ten eggs collected from the world’s last two white rhinos females, Najin and Fatu. Seven out of ten eggs were used for fertilization purposes. Cesare Gali, who

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  • Do Plants Have Consciousness? Most Likely Not and They Are Fine With That

    Do Plants Have Consciousness? Most Likely Not and They Are Fine With That0

    • Earth & Environment, Paper in Review
    • July 11, 2019

    In our first article from the “Paper in Review” series, we point our magnifying glass to an Opinion article that debunks the idea that plants are conscious beings.

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  • June 2019 Was the Hottest June Ever Recorded

    June 2019 Was the Hottest June Ever Recorded0

    • Earth & Environment, Flash News
    • July 3, 2019

    Last month, temperatures hit a record, according to the European Centre for Weather Forecasts. Data provided by the Copernicus Climate Change Service shows that the European-average temperature was higher in June 2019 than in any other month of June. A short but extreme heatwave coming from the Sahara Desert passed through Europe, causing an increase

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