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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.

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02-21-2019

Was Chicago named after a wild onion?

Chicago is a fractious city, full of unresolved contradictions. A heap of concrete and metal,...

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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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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The Bramble Cay melomys has been officially declared as “extinct” by the Australian government, marking the first mammal victim of climate change.

02-21-2019 Animals

Human-induced climate change has claimed its first mammal

The Bramble Cay melomys has been officially declared as “extinct”...

Researchers have discovered a stickleback fish that successfully delivered offspring from eggs that were fertilized while they were still inside of her.

02-21-2019 Animals

Female fish delivers offspring after eggs are fertilized inside of her

A team of researchers from the School of Life Sciences...

Researchers have found evidence to suggest that zebras developed their stripes to ward off blood-sucking parasites.

02-20-2019 Animals

Zebras may have gotten their stripes as a defense against parasites

Researchers from the University of Bristol and the University of...

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Monitoring the Van Allen Belts

02-20-2019 Science

An EPIC view of Earth’s processes

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02-19-2019 Science

Sevengill sharks emerge as great whites vanish

Today's Video of the Day from the University of Miami...

02-18-2019 Science

The discoveries of the Mars rover mission

Today's Video of the Day from NASA features the findings...

02-17-2019 Science

Global Warming Trend Continues

Today's Video of the Day from NASA describes the decades-long...

02-16-2019 Science

The bright lights of the Earth at night

Today's Video of the Day from the European Space Agency...

02-15-2019 Science

The Maldives from space

Today's Video of the Day from the European Space Agency...

Plants of the earth

Which is the state flower of Texas?

Story of the day

Was Chicago named after a wild onion?

Did you know?

Interaction between species is greater towards the tropics, lowlands

Medicinal benefits of magic mushrooms emphasized ahead of Denver vote

Bioluminescent Tide: What makes the ocean glow

Young forests are storing much more carbon than previously realized

Wild plants steal genes from their neighbors in order to survive

Latest news

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

The global forest system can help predict future climate change

New method to increase crop growth can help feed growing population

Exposure to weed killer glyphosate raises cancer risk by 41 percent

Latest animal news

Human-induced climate change has claimed its first mammal

Female fish delivers offspring after eggs are fertilized inside of her

Zebras may have gotten their stripes as a defense against parasites

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Monitoring the Van Allen Belts

An EPIC view of Earth’s processes

Sevengill sharks emerge as great whites vanish

The discoveries of the Mars rover mission

Global Warming Trend Continues

The bright lights of the Earth at night

The Maldives from space

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