Reservoirs in the heart of an ancient Maya city were so polluted with mercury and algae that the water likely was undrinkable.
Archaeology
Jun 26, 2020
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Fires have spread across the majority of the landscape in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in this NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite image using the VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) instrument ...
Environment
Jun 26, 2020
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Dust storms from Africa's Saharan Desert traveling across the Atlantic Ocean are nothing new, but the current dust storm has been quite expansive and NASA satellites have provided a look at the massive June plume. NASA-NOAA's ...
Environment
Jun 26, 2020
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Kindergartners in face masks. Closed playground structures. Random COVID-19 testing.
Education
Jun 26, 2020
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Workplace gender bias is being kept alive by people who think it's no longer an issue, new research suggests.
Social Sciences
Jun 26, 2020
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Thank goodness for the Earth's crust: It is, after all, that solid, outermost layer of our planet that supports everything above it.
Earth Sciences
Jun 26, 2020
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In a new study, scientists from around the world—including a professor at the University of Rhode Island—warn that the threats posed by invasive alien species are increasing. They say that urgent action is required to ...
Ecology
Jun 26, 2020
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A Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution researcher became one of just a handful of people to visit the deepest part of the ocean following a successful dive in the deep-submergence vehicle Limiting Factor on Monday.
Earth Sciences
Jun 26, 2020
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In biology, phylogenetic trees represent the evolutionary history and diversification of species—the "family tree" of Life. Phylogenetic trees not only describe the evolution of a group of organisms but can also be constructed ...
Evolution
Jun 26, 2020
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NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with visible image of the Eastern Pacific Ocean's second tropical storm of the season, Boris. Boris formed just east of the Central Pacific Ocean's boundary as it was moving ...
Environment
Jun 26, 2020
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