Studies show earthworms can increase crop yields by 25% - Farmers Weekly
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Studies show earthworms can increase crop yields by 25%
Earthworms are fundamental to the delivery of a range of soil ecosystem services such as nutrient cycling and water management, which in turn affects crop
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Researchers discover evolutionary 'tipping point' in fungi
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Researchers discover evolutionary 'tipping point' in fungi
Scientists have found a "tipping point" in the evolution of fungi that throttles their growth and sculpts their shapes. The findings, published in the journal Cell Reports, demonstrate how small changes ...
Where did Homo sapiens go after leaving Africa? New study has an answer |
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Where did Homo sapiens go after leaving Africa? New study has an answer
Our species emerged in Africa more than 300,000 years ago, with a migration out of the continent 60,000 to 70,000 years ago heralding the start of the global spread of Homo sapiens. But where did these pioneers go after leaving Africa?
Species diversity found to be directly correlated with productivity in eastern US forests
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Species diversity found to be directly correlated with productivity in eastern US forests
When scientists and policymakers make tough calls on which areas to prioritize for conservation, biodiversity is often their top consideration. Environments with more diversity support a greater number ...
Mighty microbes: Soil microorganisms are combating desertification
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Mighty microbes: Soil microorganisms are combating desertification
Desertification is a significant problem for arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid regions of Earth, whereby grasslands and shrublands become a comparatively barren desert as vegetation disappears over time. ...
Scientists link elusive human group to 150,000-year-old C
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Scientists link elusive human group to 150,000-year-old Chinese ‘dragon man’
Researchers have found fresh evidence that may connect the mysterious Denisovans to the early human species Homo longi
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A deaf and blind mind: What it's like to have no visual imagination and no inner voice? -
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What it's like to have no visual imagination and no inner voice
Can you imagine seeing things in your mind? Can you hear an inner voice when you think or read? If not, you might have "deep aphantasia".
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Venting Doesn't Reduce Anger, But Something Else Does, Study Finds :
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Venting Doesn't Reduce Anger, But Something Else Does, Study Finds
Blowing off steam may do more harm than good.
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Hundreds Of New Species Discovered On Africa’s Isolated Sky Islands
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Hundreds Of New Species Discovered On Africa’s Isolated Sky Islands
Scientists are proposing this “inland archipelago” of 30 isolated mountains is a new “ecoregion” that is home to hundreds of plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth.
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Early humans lived on 'Persian plateau' for 20,000 years after leaving Africa, study suggests
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Early humans lived on 'Persian plateau' for 20,000 years after leaving Africa, study suggests
After early humans traveled out of Africa 70,000 years ago, they had a "hub" on the so-called Persian plateau, a new study suggests.
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Artificial nesting bank brings sand martins breeding hope
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Artificial nesting bank brings sand martins breeding hope
Nature chiefs hope the birds will breed on-site for the first time in its 49-year history.
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A new estimate of US soil organic carbon to improve Earth system models
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A new estimate of US soil organic carbon to improve Earth system models
Soil contains about twice as much carbon as the atmosphere and plants combined. It is a major carbon sink, capable of absorbing more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than it releases. Management of ...
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‘A blind and deaf mind’: what it’s like to have no visual imagination or inner voice
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‘A blind and deaf mind’: what it’s like to have no visual imagination or inner voice
People with aphantasia can’t imagine seeing things in their mind. People with ‘deep aphantasia’ may have no inner voice, either, and different real-world visual experiences.
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Can language models read the genome? This one decoded mRNA to make better vaccines
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Can language models read the genome? This one decoded mRNA to make better vaccines
The same class of artificial intelligence that made headlines coding software and passing the bar exam has learned to read a different kind of text—the genetic code.
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Men Need More Than Ice Baths and Podcasts |
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Men Need More Than Ice Baths and Podcasts
Take the plunge into your next level of growth.
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A bacterium has evolved into a new cellular structure inside algae |
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A bacterium has evolved into a new cellular structure inside algae
A once-independent bacterium has evolved into an organelle that provides nitrogen to algal cells – an event so rare that there are only three other known cases
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Essex university scientist helps discover 100 ocean species
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Essex university scientist helps discover 100 ocean species
Taxonomy experts are working to classify the finds found partly by an Essex-based researcher.
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Researchers uncover link between maternal sensitivity and infant brain responses to happy faces
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Researchers uncover link between maternal sensitivity and infant brain responses to happy faces
Infants whose mothers display higher sensitivity during interactions show enhanced brain activity in response to happy faces, highlighting the importance of nurturing caregiving in the early development of emotional and social competencies.
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Your Vision Can Predict Dementia 12 Years Before Diagnosis, Study Finds
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Your Vision Can Predict Dementia 12 Years Before Diagnosis, Study Finds
One of the earliest warnings of cognitive decline.
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First insights into the genetic bottleneck characterizing early sheep husbandry in the Neolithic period
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First insights into the genetic bottleneck characterizing early sheep husbandry in the Neolithic period
Modern Eurasian sheep predominantly belong to only two so-called genetic matrilineages inherited through the ewes, so previous research has assumed that genetic diversity must already have decreased rapidly ...