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Dragonflies reveal how biodiversity changes in time and space

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Jun 30 2017

In one of the first studies of its kind, ecologists monitored East Texas dragonfly communities for years to show that simple mechanisms could be used to predict how biodiversity varies across time and space.

Everything You Need To Know About Zelda: Breath Of The Wild's New 'Master Of Trials' DLC - Forbes

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Jun 30 2017

The Unexpectedly Familiar Way People Taste Water

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Jun 30 2017

The Unexpectedly Familiar Way People Taste WaterWe don’t think about the taste of water very much, despite the fact that we’d have been dead long ago without a way to sense the substance that makes up 50 to 60 percent of our bodies. There is something, somewhere, in the mouth that tells us we are drinking it.

Black carbon varies, but stubbornly persists, in snow and ice around the world

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Jun 30 2017

A new study comparing dissolved black carbon deposition on ice and snow in ecosystems around the world (including Antarctica, the Arctic, and alpine regions of the Himalayas, Rockies, Andes, and Alps) shows that while concentrations vary widely, significant amounts can persist in both pristine and non-pristine areas of snow.

Texting on the move turns your walk into an ungainly lollop - Telegraph.co.uk

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Jun 30 2017

Russia to launch satellite set to be almost as bright as the MOON in bizarre space race - Express.co.uk

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Jun 30 2017

Method elucidates inner workings of neural networks

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Jun 30 2017

A new technique helps elucidate the inner workings of neural networks trained on visual data.

Power to the people

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Jun 30 2017

The first rule of advocating for climate change-related legislation is: You do not talk about 'climate change.' The term has become so polarizing that its mere mention can cause reasonable people to draw seemingly immutable lines in the political sand.

High pregnancy failure, nutritional stress in southern resident killer whales

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Jun 30 2017

A multi-year survey of the nutritional, physiological and reproductive health of endangered southern resident killer whales suggests that up to two-thirds of pregnancies failed in this population from 2007 to 2014. The study links this orca population's low reproductive success to stress brought on by low or variable abundance of their most nutrient-rich prey, Chinook salmon.

Inside the Secretive World of Florida’s Chameleon Catchers

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Jun 30 2017