In English – Sivu 36

2023-12-04 @ 18.08.16 ∈ In English

Brains of newborns aren’t underdeveloped compared to other primates, finds new study

Contrary to current understanding, the brains of human newborns aren’t significantly less developed compared to other primate species, but appear so because so much brain development happens after birth, finds a new study led by University College London researchers.

2023-12-03 @ 12.59.24 ∈ In English

Bashful golden mole detected in South Africa after 87 years

A golden mole that “swims” in sand has resurfaced in South Africa after 87 years in the wilderness when many specialists feared it had become extinct, researchers have said.

2023-12-01 @ 18.28.13 ∈ In English

Citizen scientists help discover new mantis species

"We have named the new species Inimia nat—I. nat for short—as it was discovered thanks to the citizen science platform iNaturalist—also iNat for short."

2023-11-29 @ 7.18.19 ∈ In English

Rubbish bins designed with children’s drawings rejected by residents

The orange bin collected more than 2 kilograms of litter on average, while the gray one collected 1.5 kilograms, but the one with children's drawings only collected 0.5 kilograms. Therefore, the orange bin was four times more effective than the one with children's drawings.

2023-11-24 @ 10.26.38 ∈ In English

Moth found in West London is a new species from Australia

In 2021 an amateur moth-er living in Ealing, West London, opened her moth trap to find something she didn’t recognise. […] Detailed analysis of the moth, including both morphology and DNA, revealed that the insect was indeed a new species to science, but one that is native to Western Australia rather than Ealing.

2023-11-23 @ 17.06.38 ∈ In English

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Azolla event - Wikipedia

As [blooms of the fern] died and sank to the stagnant sea floor, they were incorporated into the [sediment]; the resulting draw-down of carbon dioxide has been speculated to have helped reverse the planet from the "greenhouse Earth" state of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal [Maximum] to the current icehouse Earth known as the Late Cenozoic Ice Age.

2023-11-22 @ 18.49.07 ∈ In English

Green mamba alert continues in Tilburg after escape - DutchNews.nl

A highly poisonous green mamba which escaped from its enclosure at a home in Tilburg on Monday still hasn’t been found, local council officials have said. The council is calling on people not to approach the snake if they spot it, or try to catch it, as its bite can be lethal.

2023-11-20 @ 18.46.12 ∈ In English

The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars

[Electric bikes and mopeds are] displacing four times as much demand for oil as all the world’s electric cars at present, due to their staggering uptake in China and other nations where mopeds are a common form of transport.

2023-11-20 @ 16.33.07 ∈ In English

Opinion | I’m a Climate Scientist. I’m Not Screaming Into the Void Anymore.

Some politicians now actually campaign on climate change, instead of ignoring or lying about it. Congress passed federal climate legislation — something I’d long regarded as impossible — in 2022 as we turned in the first draft. And while the report stresses the urgency of limiting warming to prevent terrible risks, it has a new message, too: We can do this.

2023-11-18 @ 13.58.40 ∈ In English

Dogs are coming down with an unusual respiratory illness in several US states

Veterinary laboratories in several states are investigating an unusual respiratory illness in dogs, and encouraging people to take basic precautions to keep their pets healthy as veterinarians try to pin down what’s making the animals sick.