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It's thought Okjokull is the country's first glacier to be lost as a result of climate change, following the hottest July ever recorded.Wednesday, August 21, 2019 from - Science RSS Feed
Colonies produced more eggs and had more spiderlings survive into early winter, researchers sayWednesday, August 21, 2019 from - Science RSS Feed
Marsupial is under increasing pressure from habitat loss, disease and climate changeWednesday, August 21, 2019 from - Science RSS Feed
Faster increases in blood pressure between the ages of 36 and 43 linked to smaller brain volumeWednesday, August 21, 2019 from NYT > Science
The White House, blindsided by a pact between California and four automakers, appears to be losing ground in its effort to prevent any more for joining the agreement.Wednesday, August 21, 2019 from NYT > Science
A growing number of Western homeowners are being dropped by their insurance companies, prompting warnings from officials and worries about what comes next.Wednesday, August 21, 2019 from NYT > Science
Long before streaming video, it captured images of campus life every 20 seconds. The quirky project, believed to be the longest-running public webcam, will shut down at the end of August.Wednesday, August 21, 2019 from MyScienceAcademy
GoDaddy web site builder Cons Despite great customer and performance help, GoDaddy website builder plans seem only a little too costly for the features it offers. In this GoDaddy site builder review, we need to check the not-so-great...Wednesday, August 21, 2019 from NYT > Science
The Lincoln Center Theater show is written by James Lapine, Tom Kitt and Michael Korie, and will star Carmen Cusack, Harry Hadden-Paton and Tony Yazbeck.Wednesday, August 21, 2019 from NYT > Science
State wildlife officials are sharing video of disabled animals in an effort to identify the ailment and save the beloved, endangered cats.Wednesday, August 21, 2019 from Archaeological News from Archaeology Magazine - Archaeology Magazine
LIMA, PERU— BBC News reports that a mural decorated with sculpted figures depicting a smiling toad perched above a human face has been discovered at the 3,800-year-old site of Vichama, a center of Peru's prehistoric Caral culture, which...Wednesday, August 21, 2019 from Archaeological News from Archaeology Magazine - Archaeology Magazine
LYMINGE, ENGLAND—According to a BBC report , archaeologists excavating within the medieval churchyard at St. Mary and St. Ethelburga Parish Church have revealed a much older Anglo-Saxon building that appears to be one of the earliest...Wednesday, August 21, 2019 from Science & Health from Newser
Dewy-eyed tech lovers, we're sorry: The FogCam is coming down. After 25 years, the world's oldest-known webcam will be removed from its perch at San Francisco State University campus, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Jeff Schwartz...Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from Physics News
Time to grab your pleather pants and hack into some robots, because The Matrix is back, baby. Variety has revealed that The Matrix co-creator Lana Wachowski will write and direct a fourth film ...Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from Archaeological News from Archaeology Magazine - Archaeology Magazine
GWYNEDD, WALES—Archaeologists are working to learn more about an Iron Age hillfort near Caernarfon in north Wales that is being gradually eroded by the sea, according to a report from BBC News . The fort at Dinas Dinlle is believed to...Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from Archaeological News from Archaeology Magazine - Archaeology Magazine
TEHRAN, IRAN—According to a Tasnim News Agency report, recent analysis of a tooth recovered in 1999 from Wezmeh Cave, in the Zagros Mountains of western Iran, provides the first direct evidence for Neanderthal presence in the region....Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from BBC News - Science & Environment
In a disused air raid shelter one company is growing crops, but what are the pros and cons of vertical farming?Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from BBC News - Science & Environment
Campaign groups in France are teaching people how to protest effectively, ahead of the G7 summit.Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from BBC News - Science & Environment
Ex-Farc rebels in Colombia, who spent decades fighting the government over land and power, have reinvented themselves as eco-warriors protecting the Amazon from illegal logging.Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from Science & Health from Newser
A new study is casting yet another shadow over e-cigarettes. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania say participants who inhaled only vape juice—no nicotine, no flavorings—suffered temporary changes to their cardiovascular system,...Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from Science - Los Angeles Times
New techniques to detect small earthquakes have deepened scientists' understanding of what causes bigger quakes.Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from NSF News
Nanoscience is the ability to manipulate atoms and molecules. This fast-moving field is transforming our ability to custom-design objects and processes at sizes smaller than 1/1000th the width of a hair. More at...Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from - Science RSS Feed
Sauropods expanded as carbon dioxide levels droppedTuesday, August 20, 2019 from Science - Los Angeles Times
Summer is hitting Greenland with record heat and extreme melt. By season's end, about 440 billion tons of ice will have melted or calved off its ice sheet.Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from MyScienceAcademy
On the Road using the Illinois Relationship for University or college Admission Therapies Butler College or university Undeterred just by record-setting heating and drought conditions, the actual Illinois Affiliation for School Admission...Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from NYT > Science
A new TV Show from The New York Times on FX and Hulu.Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from NSF News
A bat, a mushroom, a blade of grass--they're easy to identify as "life." But what about a cold virus or mold? Biologists are life's detectives, discovering what alive really means. More at...Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from NPR Topics: Health & Science
China is no longer taking the world's waste. The U.S. recycling industry is overwhelmed — it can't keep up with the plastic being churned out. This doesn't bode well for our plastic waste problem.Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from Science & Health from Newser
Tommy Thompson was a brilliant gold-hunter who arguably made a huge mistake: He succeeded. Once dubbed a scientific "rock star," the ocean engineer uncovered a shipful of gold that pretty much wrecked his life and turned him into a...Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from NYT > Science
Hundreds of readers shared their experiences with drug-resistant U.T.I.s, many describing deep frustration with persistent, painful infections.Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from Science on HuffingtonPost.com
Bears will consume 15,000 to 20,000 calories per day – or about 8 large cheese pizzas or 5 gallons of chocolate ice cream – before hibernation.Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from Inside Science
Microbes Can Change How Spiders Mate Scientists show that bacteria have unexpected effects in spider sex. Funnel-Weaver-Spider.jpg Image credits: Mircea Costina/ Shutterstock Creature Tuesday, August 20, 2019 - 15:00 Rodrigo Pérez...Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from Physics News
Iron deficiency in pregnancy is a common problem that often goes unrecognized and untreated due to a lack of knowledge of its implications and competing clinical priorities. To enhance screening ...Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from Physics News
Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a mathematical framework that can turn any sheet of material into any prescribed ...Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from NYT > Science
Sea snakes are the most diverse group of marine reptiles in the world, but they are poorly understood and threatened by development. Blanche D’Anastasi is among the scientists working to save them.Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from Science News - UPI.com
Beaches at Cape Cod, Mass, have routinely closed this summer after shark sightings, and the sharks are now regarded as a long-term threat.Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from - Science RSS Feed
Creature believed to have walked the earth 168 million years agoTuesday, August 20, 2019 from NYT > Science
A Times Magazine columnist credits Sherlock Holmes and global crowdsourcing with helping her solve patients’ mysterious ailments.Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from NYT > Science
Facing a Trump administration rule that forbids referrals for abortion, the organization decided to reject federal funds for family planning for low-income women.Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from Physics News
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New recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force explain which women should -- and shouldn't -- have their risk assessed for BRCA mutations.Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from Science News - UPI.com
People who post more selfies than posed photographs to their social media accounts tend to be viewed more negatively by others, a new study said Tuesday.Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from BBC News - Science & Environment
Previous research suggested 50 years of shale gas under the UK, but a new study says it could be less than 10.Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from Physics News
For allergy sufferers, the pollination period is a tough time, whereas for plants it is the opportunity to reproduce: in addition to the wind, insects, in particular, carry pollen from one flower ...Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from Science & Health from Newser
Predicting earthquakes is all but impossible, but a new study is being hailed as an important first step. The takeaway: Big quakes are preceded by smaller ones, reports the Los Angeles Times . Researchers took advantage of a new...Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from Physics News
The term "PUVA' stands for 'psoralen' and 'UV-A radiation.' Psoralens are natural plant-based compounds that can be extracted from umbelliferous plants such as giant hogweeds. Plant extracts ...Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from Science - Los Angeles Times
Women-only science programs at hundreds of colleges nationwide are coming under attack as sex discrimination against menTuesday, August 20, 2019 from Physics News
Monitoring and tracking biological threats or epidemics require the ability to carry out medical and laboratory tests in the field during a disaster or other austere situations. Expensive laboratory ...Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from Physics News
Site-directed spin labelling (SDSL) used in combination with electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy has been a tried and trusted technique for elucidating the structure, function ...Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from - Science RSS Feed
Iron age site has been occupied by Romans, used as Second World War defences and formed part of a golf course