The world hungers for more food while wildlife yearns for untouched habitats. So goes the conflict between our seemingly insatiable need for agricultural land, razing forests to make way for cattle and crops. But...
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Millions of Dead Fish Blanket Australian River in Hypoxia Disaster : ScienceAlert
Millions of dead and rotting fish have clogged a vast stretch of river near a remote town in the Australian outback as a searing heat wave sweeps through the region. Videos posted to social...
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Millions Are at Risk of Flooding Due to Climate Change – But Not Where You’d Think : ScienceAlert
Glaciers are melting, putting the lives of millions around the world at risk of flash flooding, according to a new study. Most of those people reside in just four countries – India, Pakistan, Peru,...
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Millions See The World Through a ‘Static’ Haze Called Visual-Snow Syndrome : ScienceAlert
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sierra Domb, founder and CEO of the Visual Snow Initiative, about her journey with visual-snow syndrome – a neurological condition where people see tiny, snow-like...
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The Aztecs Harnessed The Sun And a Mountain to Feed Millions, Scientists Say : ScienceAlert
A new study has shown how ancient civilizations in central Mexico might have once used specific features of their rugged landscape to mark key points in the seasons, allowing them to plan the planting...
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Strangely Cooked Bones From 300 Millions Years Ago Can Finally Be Explained : ScienceAlert
The preservation of ancient bones is a marvelous phenomenon. So exceptionally can these remains be preserved that their internal structure remains intact, especially in a type of sedimentary fossil bed called a Lagerstätte. But...
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Millions of ‘Silent Synapses’ Could Be The Key to Lifelong Learning : ScienceAlert
Newborns need to store vast amounts of new information quickly as they learn to navigate the world. Silent synapses – the immature connections between neurons that have no neurotransmitter activity yet – are thought...
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