In English – Sivu 18

2025-01-27 @ 17.36.25 ∈ In English

Fossil fuel subsidies: If we want to reduce greenhouse gas emissions we should not pay people to burn fossil fuels

Repealing subsidies is not easy, but it is possible – and the world is slowly making progress in this direction

2025-01-14 @ 15.05.25 ∈ In English

P.E.I. homeowner captures sound and video of meteorite strike on camera, and scientists believe it’s a first

A man in Prince Edward Island got doubly lucky last July, recording a meteorite’s impact on his home security cameras. The space rock also landed in the exact spot he’d been standing minutes earlier.

2025-01-10 @ 17.12.11 ∈ In English

Bird deaths plummet at Chicago’s McCormick Place Lakeside Center after safety film installed

The initial results are in at Lakeside Center, following the application of bird-safe film to the building's windows: Crash fatalities were down more than 90% this fall, according to Willard, who has been monitoring the site regularly since 1982.

2025-01-09 @ 17.09.57 ∈ In English

Rethinking population management in zoos: New policy suggests natural reproduction and culling

[Zoos] could preserve their breeding populations, raise awareness of conservation challenges and improve animal welfare and their carbon footprint by allowing animals to reproduce naturally and culling surplus animals.

2025-01-07 @ 14.26.44 ∈ In English

(From 2017)

Please, enough with the dead butterflies! - Emily S. Damstra

This is an unnatural position for the wings; it’s a pose that may be possible for the insect to assume in life, but not a position that most species typically assume.

2024-12-23 @ 19.01.12 ∈ In English

New study documents evolution of fast-growing, fish-eating herring in Baltic Sea

Atlantic and Baltic herring are typical plankton-eating fish of central importance for the northern Atlantic Ocean and Baltic Sea ecosystems. A new study […] documents the discovery of the evolution of genetically distinct, fish-eating herring in the Baltic Sea, a young water body that has only existed since the end of the last glaciation.

2024-12-18 @ 16.40.26 ∈ In English

Carnivorous squirrels documented in California

Through videos, photos and direct observations at the regional park, the authors documented California ground squirrels of all ages and genders hunting, eating and competing over vole prey between June 10 and July 30.

2024-12-13 @ 18.37.58 ∈ In English

Humpback Whale Swims Up To Photographer for Incredible Close-Up Picture

But the story has a tragic ending.

2024-12-13 @ 16.55.05 ∈ In English

Scrabble star wins Spanish world title – despite not speaking Spanish

Nigel Richards has also been champion in English and – after memorising dictionary in nine weeks – French

2024-12-12 @ 14.05.14 ∈ In English

Using veterinary health records at scale to investigate ageing dogs and their common issues in primary care

The age at which veterinary professionals considered dogs to be in old age was over 7.25 years in 95% of patients (median age 12.5 years). This age varied among the most common breeds, with cocker spaniels being younger (median 11.7 years) compared with Jack Russell terriers (14.1 years).