UK chalk-stream salmon genetically unique
Salmon from the chalk streams of southern England are genetically unique, researchers have discovered.
Ecology
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How new evidence of sex reversals helps show how sex chromosomes are maintained over evolutionary time
When it comes to sex, frogs, just like in people, exhibit a similar XX (female) and XY (male) sex chromosome pattern of inheritance.
Evolution
Jan 30, 2018
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Truck damages Peru's ancient Nazca lines
Peru's ancient Nazca lines were damaged when a driver accidentally plowed his cargo truck into the fragile archaeological site in the desert, officials said Tuesday.
Archaeology
Jan 30, 2018
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Stellar magnetism: What's behind the most brilliant lights in the sky?
Space physicists at University of Wisconsin-Madison have just released unprecedented detail on a bizarre phenomenon that powers the northern lights, solar flares and coronal mass ejections (the biggest explosions in our solar ...
General Physics
Jan 30, 2018
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NASA's small spacecraft produces first 883-gigahertz global ice-cloud map
A bread loaf-sized satellite has produced the world's first map of the global distribution of atmospheric ice in the 883-Gigahertz band, an important frequency in the submillimeter wavelength for studying cloud ice and its ...
Space Exploration
Jan 30, 2018
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Stellar embryos in nearby dwarf galaxy contain surprisingly complex organic molecules
The nearby dwarf galaxy known as the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a chemically primitive place.
Astronomy
Jan 30, 2018
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Tesla seeks its own Wisconsin dealerships to teach customers
Tesla officials pressed Wisconsin legislators Tuesday to let them to establish their own dealerships in the state, saying the company needs direct contact with customers to teach them about the electric vehicles' technology.
Business
Jan 30, 2018
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It's not how you play the game, but how the dice were made
Whether at a casino playing craps or engaging with family in a simple board game at home, rolling the dice introduces a bit of chance or "luck" into every game. We expect dice to be fair, where every number has equal probability ...
Other
Jan 30, 2018
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An outdoor cat can damage your sustainability cred
If you install solar panels on your roof and avoid dousing your lawn with chemicals and pesticides, your online peers may consider you to be environmentally friendly. But this street cred can all be erased if you let your ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 30, 2018
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Declining species of shark added to endangered species list
The federal government says the oceanic whitetip shark will be listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act to help the species recover.
Ecology
Jan 30, 2018
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