Science
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Are these killer whales cannibals? They probably don't think so themselves
In 2022, a Russian whale researcher made a remarkable discovery on Bering Island off Russia's Pacific coast: a severed killer whale fin marked with the teeth of...
Porpoises can 'turn down the volume' to withstand ship noise
Porpoises are entirely dependent on their hearing for survival. They navigate, hunt, and communicate by emitting rapid click sounds and listening to the returni...
Low fertility may not be an economic threat, researchers argue
In their piece, published in Nature Human Behaviour, IIASA Distinguished Emeritus Research Scholar Wolfgang Lutz and IIASA Senior Researcher Guillaume Marois, w...
Oman ophiolite study suggests subduction zones can lock away CO₂
A research team led by a Keele scientist has shed new light on how a mysterious rock formation in Oman was created, which could reveal new details about Earth's...
Greenhouse gas fluxes in Everglades provide path for maximizing carbon capture via water management
The Florida Everglades is a complicated climate actor. The 1.5-million-acre wetland system remains a carbon sink, removing an average of 13.7 million metric ton...
Research reveals cosmic tug-of-war behind the Crab Pulsar's zebra stripes
For the past two decades, scientists have wondered about a bright, distinct striped pattern seen in radio waves emanating from the Crab Pulsar, the remnant of a...
Feral horses and cattle create more resilient nature, rewilding study reveals
Protected natural areas across Europe are changing. Climate change, with rising temperatures and heavy rainfall, is turbocharging the growth of shrubs and trees...
Isolating vesicle-cloaked viruses in city and hospital wastewater
Viruses such as human norovirus can travel in vesicles, small fluid-filled sacs that are like shipping containers for cells. Viruses hidden in these containers...
Large land predators were hunting big plant-eaters more than 280 million years ago, study finds
A study examining fossil evidence shows that large land predators were already hunting big plant-eating animals more than 280 million years ago. University of T...
Young adults often see online hate speech as 'normal,' study finds
Social media users consider it "normal" to encounter online hate speech on social media and see it as part of the online environment. In certain contexts, they...
Soil saturation data sharpens atmospheric river flood warnings, study of 71,000 storms finds
Atmospheric rivers carry unfathomable amounts of water across the sky, bringing moisture to drought-stricken regions like the Western U.S. But whether a particu...
Built to withstand, or built to worry? Housing and disaster risk perception
I have always been interested in how people make decisions under uncertainty—especially decisions about safety. But it was not until I began studying housing co...