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Humans, Chimpanzees and Monkeys Share DNA, Not Gene Regulation
Humans share over 90% of their DNA with their primate cousins. The expression or activity patterns of genes differ...
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Humans Caused Historic Great Barrier Reef Collapse
The expansion of European settlement in Australia triggered a massive coral collapse at the Great Barrier Reef more than...
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New Zealand Beaching Proves Rarest of Whales Exists
The spade-toothed beaked whale is so rare that nobody has seen one alive, but scientists have proof the species...
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Bark Beetles a Boon for Biodiversity
Bark beetles driven by drought may be leaving millions of dead trees behind, but they may also leave behind...
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Why Conservatives Turned Against Science
A prediction: When all the votes have been counted and the reams of polling data have been crunched, analyzed,...
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Lack of Science Capacity Threatens Africa’s Development
The “remarkable recent economic growth” in many African countries may be able to sustain science through domestic funding (rather...
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Genomics: The Single Life
Sequencing DNA from individual cells is changing the way that researchers think of humans as a whole.
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Trigger for Earth’s Last Big Freeze Identified
For more than 30 years, climate scientists have debated whether flood waters from melting of the enormous Laurentide Ice...
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Time to Bail-out Models on Sea Level Rise
As everyone along the northeastern US coast knows, sea level ain’t what it used to be. It’s getting higher...
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Cockatoo Shows Tool-Making Skills
A captive-bred Goffin’s cockatoo has surprised researchers by spontaneously making and using “tools” to reach food. The species is...