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'Stupid Hot': Heat Waves Muddle the Minds of Animals and Humans as Confusion and Aggression Seem to Rise With the Temperature
Wide-ranging research suggests that as temperatures increase, some creatures pick fights while others struggle to learn. The findings hint at consequences that may ripple through ecosystems
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In the Early 1900s, a Young Ecologist Shot a Wolf and Watched the Life Leave Its Eyes. That Changed His Position on Conservation
Aldo Leopold’s writing reconsidered the place of humans in the natural world and challenged people to be less conquerors of the land and more citizens of it
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A Blip on a Telescope in a Colorado Parking Lot Bolstered a Space Mission That Has Found Thousands of Planets … and Counting
The Kepler telescope changed how we saw the sky. It’s just one of the devices we’ve sent out beyond the reach of humans to search our solar system
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What Was the Biggest Dinosaur? Fragmentary Fossils Make It Hard to Tell
Pinning down the most titanic of the large sauropod dinosaurs is not an easy task, since the odds were generally against the biggest ones being buried and preserved
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Brazil Lost 80 Percent of Its National Museum Collection in One Night. Here's How It's Fighting to Rebuild
Ever since a 2018 blaze destroyed priceless artifacts and scientifically important specimens, museum staff have devoted themselves to reopening its doors to the public
Wildlife conservation work to get £1m boost
Endangered rodents, birds and butterflies will be among the species benefitting from the investment.
Every cool thing you can do with Apple’s new Siri AI app
Meet Siri 2.0. The post Every cool thing you can do with Apple’s new Siri AI app appeared first on Popular Science.
60% of medieval knight tales lost to time
New research suggests that an enormous amount of chivalric manuscripts disappeared. The post 60% of medieval knight tales lost to time appeared first on Popular Science.
The Home Depot 4th of July Lawn Mower Sale: 67 Mowers Discounted, Including $700 Off Robot Models
Battery, gas, and robotic mowers are on sale, from a $179 corded push mower to RTK robots that cut the lawn for you. The post The Home Depot 4th of July Lawn Mower Sale: 67 Mowers Discounted, Includin
Reimagining the furnace: How a new magnetic design could supercharge industrial plasma
Imagine trying to trap a miniature star inside a machine without letting it touch the walls or burn itself out. This is the central, high-stakes challenge of high-temperature plasma engineering.
Immune cells get transformed into fungus-fighting nanoparticles
Tiny particles made from the membranes of human immune cells could offer a promising new way to fight fungal infections that are becoming harder to treat. Engineers at the University of California San
When species are forced to move: Prediction models underestimate climate-related extinction risk
Climate change threatens many plant and animal species not only when their habitats disappear as climatic conditions change, but also when those habitats shift. In a new study, a team of University of
How to build homes that can survive extreme heat
As heat waves strain the power grid, passive cooling can help homes stay safer when the air goes out.