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Crocodiles Like To Play Too

14/02/2015

Research shows that crocodilians engage in all three main types of play distinguished by behavior specialists...

Buildings that make you happy. Buildings that heal the environment [Yann Weymouth]

14/02/2015

I’m hoping that they will say 'Look at how wonderfully they blended art and science to create buildings that healed the environment. Buildings that were fun to be in. Buildings that made you happy....

Ah Feels it In Me Bones: How Whales Hear

31/01/2015

Bone conduction is likely the predominant mechanism for hearing in fin whales and other baleen whales...

Digging for Drugs

22/01/2015

Uncultured bacteria from the environment could provide a dazzling array of new molecules, many of which could become new medicines...

Drug Levels Spike in Rivers Near Festivals

18/01/2015

Concentrations of ketamine (a controlled substance), caffeine, acetaminophen and other contaminants increased in rivers near the festival...

nose by freedigitalphotos.net and luigi diamanti

Towards An Electronic Nose

17/01/2015

Scientists develop a new generation of biosensors with an acute ability to sniff out problems. ...

Chitosan : The Sustainable Crabby-Clingfilm

12/01/2015

Biodegradable and naturally-occurring, Chitosan offers a sustainable alternative to plastic food packaging....

Biofuel Gets Better

04/01/2015

Using a systems approach to identify protein-DNA interactions, scientists home in on more efficient biofuel sources....

Hell Is Other People(‘s Stuff)

02/01/2015

We inherited the shaded glades and sunlight-dappled gardens of Heaven but we have made our world a burning hell....

How Bright is Your City?

30/12/2014

artificial light is responsible for a sizable portion of all nighttime electricity consumption. Identifying areas where light could be more efficiently used will make it possible to save energy...

cow and calf by QMULUniversity of Nottingham

Do You Speak Cow?

16/12/2014

Studying the ways cows communicate with their young, carefully examining acoustic indicators of identity and age...

Encapsulated Ocean Water samples from MOC waterdive’s projected route

GV Art : Lost in Fathoms

11/11/2014

The show feels like stepping into a noir detective story, surrounding the disappearance of the island of Nuuk...

tiger beetle by freedigitalphotos.net and sippakorn

All Speed, No Control. Daft Beetles

09/11/2014

To take the sprinting gold from the tiger beetle, a person would have to hit 480 miles per hour....

giant tortoise by James P. Gibbs, SUNY-ESF

Big Mofo Tortoises Boss the Galapagos

31/10/2014

A population of endangered giant tortoises, which once dwindled to just over a dozen, has recovered on the Galapagos island of Español...

Blue Ice by freedigitalphotos.net and Cnaene

I Am Glacier, Hear Me Sing

30/10/2014

Individual icequakes at the glacier base can exhibit harmonic properties....

Population Growth and Sustainability. Compatible?

28/10/2014

Efforts towards sustainability would be directed more productively towards reducing our impact as much as possible through technological and social innovation...