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Environment: The natural environment encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally, meaning in this case not artificial. The term is most often applied to the Earth or some parts of Earth.
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JUL 16, 2021Chemistry & Physics
Concerns about runaway climate change and tipping points of no return are constant sources of fear in our warming world. ...Written By: Matthew LundyJUL 16, 2021Cancer
Exercise releases molecules into the bloodstream that reduce the growth of bowel cancer cells, say researchers from the ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 16, 2021Earth & The Environment
With climate change affecting our air temperatures, we also see an impact on our world's oceans.Written By: Samantha LottJUL 16, 2021Earth & The Environment
High mountain glaciers that are melting in the Tibetan plateau in Asia contain greenhouse gases and should be counted in ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 15, 2021Space & Astronomy
Migrant settlements being exploited for work have been spotted with satellite imagery by researchers led by the Universi ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 15, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The human microbiome is intimately connected to our health; the genes and proteins expressed by gut microbes can influen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 15, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Epigenetics are the parts of the genome that can affect the activity of genes but don't involve making changes to th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 15, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Exposure to toxic chemicals in childhood could have unlikely effects on personality, and behavioral traits in adulthood, ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 15, 2021Immunology
Microplastics—tiny fragments of plastic, less than five millimeters in diameter—pollute our environment and, ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 14, 2021Earth & The Environment
High-tide flooding (HTF) is a phenomenon that typically occurs in coastal regions during the highest astronomical tides ...Written By: Sarah HoffmanJUL 14, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Nature is in decline; the planet has lost a tremendous amount of biodiversity over the past few years due to human actio ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 14, 2021Earth & The Environment
For years, researchers have been warning about the environmental consequences of deforestation in Southeast Asia, an are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 13, 2021Earth & The Environment
Artificial lighting can affect the eyesight of moths that rely on night-time vision, such as the elephant hawkmoth. The ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 13, 2021Microbiology
In nature, growing populations from bacterial colonies to humans tend to expand. In pulled expansions, the individuals a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 13, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Some life forms can enter a kind of dormant state, where they wait for the right conditions so they can reemerge; fungi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 11, 2021Earth & The Environment
During the winter of 2019, a large and deep lake on the Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica was lost in about a week. Abo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 09, 2021Microbiology
Microorganisms can be found basically everywhere on earth, from hydrothermal vents to hot, desert soils, and lakes under ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2021Earth & The Environment
Cod stocks in the North Sea and the Barents Sea may be predicted ten years in advance for the first time, thanks to a ne ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 07, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Breaks in DNA are typically associated with harmful conditions, and the cell has ways to repair this damage. But it's be ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 06, 2021Earth & The Environment
When it comes to climate change, the Arctic is changing faster than any other place on Earth. One reason may be because ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 05, 2021Neuroscience
Researchers from France have found that astrocytes do more than support neurons in the central nervous system. They foun ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 05, 2021Plants & Animals
Great white sharks are warm-blooded, and new research helps explain why.Written By: Anne MedinaJUL 04, 2021Earth & The Environment
The heat wave that has been devastating communities in western Canada and the Pacific Northwest of the United States may ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 03, 2021Earth & The Environment
Researchers led by the Technical University of Munich have identified both preferable and dangerous temperature ranges f ...Written By: Annie Lennon
JUL 16, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
Concerns about runaway climate change and tipping points of no return are constant sources of fear in our warming world.
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
JUL 16, 2021
Cancer
Exercise releases molecules into the bloodstream that reduce the growth of bowel cancer cells, say researchers from the
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 16, 2021
Earth & The Environment
With climate change affecting our air temperatures, we also see an impact on our world's oceans.
Written By:
Samantha Lott
JUL 16, 2021
Earth & The Environment
High mountain glaciers that are melting in the Tibetan plateau in Asia contain greenhouse gases and should be counted in
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 15, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Migrant settlements being exploited for work have been spotted with satellite imagery by researchers led by the Universi
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 15, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The human microbiome is intimately connected to our health; the genes and proteins expressed by gut microbes can influen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 15, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Epigenetics are the parts of the genome that can affect the activity of genes but don't involve making changes to th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 15, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Exposure to toxic chemicals in childhood could have unlikely effects on personality, and behavioral traits in adulthood,
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 15, 2021
Immunology
Microplastics—tiny fragments of plastic, less than five millimeters in diameter—pollute our environment and,
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 14, 2021
Earth & The Environment
High-tide flooding (HTF) is a phenomenon that typically occurs in coastal regions during the highest astronomical tides
...
Written By:
Sarah Hoffman
JUL 14, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Nature is in decline; the planet has lost a tremendous amount of biodiversity over the past few years due to human actio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 14, 2021
Earth & The Environment
For years, researchers have been warning about the environmental consequences of deforestation in Southeast Asia, an are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 13, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Artificial lighting can affect the eyesight of moths that rely on night-time vision, such as the elephant hawkmoth. The
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 13, 2021
Microbiology
In nature, growing populations from bacterial colonies to humans tend to expand. In pulled expansions, the individuals a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 13, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Some life forms can enter a kind of dormant state, where they wait for the right conditions so they can reemerge; fungi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2021
Earth & The Environment
During the winter of 2019, a large and deep lake on the Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica was lost in about a week. Abo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 09, 2021
Microbiology
Microorganisms can be found basically everywhere on earth, from hydrothermal vents to hot, desert soils, and lakes under
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Cod stocks in the North Sea and the Barents Sea may be predicted ten years in advance for the first time, thanks to a ne
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 07, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Breaks in DNA are typically associated with harmful conditions, and the cell has ways to repair this damage. But it's be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 06, 2021
Earth & The Environment
When it comes to climate change, the Arctic is changing faster than any other place on Earth. One reason may be because
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2021
Neuroscience
Researchers from France have found that astrocytes do more than support neurons in the central nervous system. They foun
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 05, 2021
Plants & Animals
Great white sharks are warm-blooded, and new research helps explain why.
Written By:
Anne Medina
JUL 04, 2021
Earth & The Environment
The heat wave that has been devastating communities in western Canada and the Pacific Northwest of the United States may
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 03, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Researchers led by the Technical University of Munich have identified both preferable and dangerous temperature ranges f
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon