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acipenser transmontanus

acipenser transmontanus

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12-22-2016

Acipenser transmontanus

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For all of Chicago’s global significance, there is still a lack of certainty about the origins of the city’s name.

02-21-2019 Lifestyle

Was Chicago named after a wild onion?

Chicago is a fractious city, full of unresolved contradictions. A...

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Researchers investigated the Darwinian theory that species located in the tropics and lower elevations interact more with other species.

02-20-2019 Environment

Interaction between species is greater towards the tropics, lowlands

Researchers from the University of British Columbia conducted one of...

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Magic mushrooms are nearing their day in court for Denver after major grassroots movement to legalize the psychedelic.

02-20-2019 Plants

Medicinal benefits of magic mushrooms emphasized ahead of Denver vote

Magic mushrooms are nearing their day in court for Denver,...

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Bioluminescence is often used as a form of communication and is very common in the ocean, even if it's not always so noticeable.

02-19-2019 Environment

Bioluminescent Tide: What makes the ocean glow

The first time I saw bioluminescence in a fish, it...

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More than half of the carbon stored in the world’s forests is located in regions where the trees are relatively young.

02-18-2019 Environment

Young forests are storing much more carbon than previously realized

While the oceans are the largest carbon sink on the...

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Wild grasses steal genes from their neighbors by essentially genetically modifying themselves to enhance their own survival.

02-18-2019 Plants

Wild plants steal genes from their neighbors in order to survive

Researchers from the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences at...

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New research shows that the amount of biodiversity we have on land today has remained the same for at least 60 million years.

02-18-2019 Animals

Diversity of land species has remained the same for 60 million years

The amount of biodiversity we have on land today has...

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Scientists can identify forest areas in need of conservation management and investigate how soil carbon sinks impact atmospheric CO2 levels.

02-16-2019 Environment

The global forest system can help predict future climate change

The world’s forests and the soil from which they grow...

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A new breakthrough increased crop growth by 40 percent after scientists created a shortcut for a glitch that affects most food crops.

02-16-2019 Science

New method to increase crop growth can help feed growing population

New advances will be crucial to successfully feed a growing...

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Glyphosate exposure may increase the risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, an immune system cancer, by as much as 41 percent.

02-15-2019 Lifestyle

Exposure to weed killer glyphosate raises cancer risk by 41 percent

Glyphosate is one of the most commonly used weed killers...

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A look at the development of technology to use plants for the generation (or capture) of electricity... and the ethical dilemmas that follow.

02-14-2019 Science

Plants can generate electricity… and we may be able to use it

If, as a child, you were lucky enough to build...

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