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10/09/2020
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By Virgilio Marin
Theory of mind: Fascinating study suggests great apes can understand each others’ mental states, just like humans
A recent study published in the journal PNAS suggests that apes can understand each other’s mental states, such as desires, beliefs and false beliefs about reality. This ability, called the theory of mind, was once thought to be unique to humans. It’s described as a cognitive skill that allowed a person to decipher what others think or feel based on […]
09/03/2020
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By Divina Ramirez
Researchers find large quantities of plastic in hatchling sea turtles stranded on Florida’s beaches
Sea turtles around the globe are either endangered or threatened. Florida alone is home to five species of endangered sea turtles, and all of them are afforded some form of local or international protection. Despite this, sea turtles continue to face a serious and emerging threat: plastic pollution. In a recent report, scientists and rehabilitators from […]
08/31/2020
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By Virgilio Marin
North American bird populations pivotal to pest control and seed dispersion have decreased by 29% in the last 49 years
Fewer birds are crooning North America today. A recent study published in the journal Science found that the region’s bird populations declined in the last 49 years. Researchers from the United States and Canada joined forces to understand how bird populations changed across North America. They looked at existing data chronicling birdlife and found that common bird species decreased […]
08/25/2020
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By Divina Ramirez
Ireland to reduce plastic waste production by eliminating all single-use plastic
Single-use plastics, like cutleries, plastic bags and food containers, constitute a huge chunk of the plastics accumulating in landfills or disintegrating in the oceans as microplastics. Plastic consumption has taken a huge toll on both land and sea, affecting not just marine life but flora and fauna, too. Countries around the globe had been taking steps […]
08/23/2020
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By Virgilio Marin
Collapsed boulder in Grand Canyon reveals fossilized tracks of egg-laying animals that lived over 300 million years ago
A collapsed boulder from the Grand Canyon reveals the existence of two unknown egg-laying animals. The two animals, believed to be the same species, trekked across the sand dunes that are now the Grand Canyon. And their footprints are preserved in the boulder that accidentally collapsed from a cliff along the Bright Angel Trail, Arizona. Researchers […]
08/14/2020
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By Divina Ramirez
FOOD COLLAPSE: German farmers in despair as field mice strip bare arable land
Plagues of mice had stripped bare more than 120,000 hectares of German farmlands, reported authorities. Farmers suspect that the succession of arid summers, among other factors, had enabled field mice to reproduce at a rate that had not been seen since the 1970s. Farmers said that the mice had been tunneling under the fields for […]
08/09/2020
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By Divina Ramirez
Indigenous hunting is crucial for sustainable forest management, expert finds
Hunting has a bad reputation – and for good reason. Forests and habitats are protected to curb sport hunting and senseless poaching as both of these practices are some of the major culprits behind the dwindling populations of certain animal species. But national forest management and protection strategies fail to take an important factor into account: indigenous […]
07/31/2020
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By Virgilio Marin
Extraterrestrial impact may have caused abrupt climate change 12,800 years ago, research suggests
Sediment cores taken from White Pond in South Carolina show that an extraterrestrial collision may have triggered an abrupt change in the Earth’s climate 12,800 years ago, said archaeologist Christopher Moore of the University of South Carolina. About 14,500 years ago, Earth’s climate began to shift from glacial to interglacial, characterized by warmer temperatures. However, partway through this […]
05/15/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Nurturing can CHANGE nature: How mothers nurture their children can influence the formation of NEW SPECIES
Researchers from the University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside) have shown that the way animal mothers nurture their offspring can influence how they develop, and can even influence how fast a new species develops. The study, which was published in the journal Nature Communications, studies more than 170 species from the Poeciliidae family of freshwater fish, the most famous of which […]
04/17/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
A different kind of Jaws: Scientists discover a tiny new species of shark that glows in the dark
Scientists have discovered a new species of shark lurking off the Gulf of Mexico. However, this isn’t a terrifyingly large shark that can eat humans whole. This shark is small and can glow in the dark. The new shark, known as the American pocket shark (Mollisquama mississippiensis), is only the second species of pocket shark […]
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