Great tits pick their spring breeding sites to be near their winter flockmates, according to new research into the social networks of birds from the University of Oxford.
Ecology
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Efforts to protect endangered species could be helped by fresh insights into how parenting affects the survival chances of inbred animals.
Plants & Animals
Sep 13, 2016
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Flock leaders who attempt to give their fellow pigeons incorrect information about their direction of travel can be overruled by the collective wisdom of the group, according to new research from the University of Oxford.
Plants & Animals
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Scientists have developed a method of allowing materials, commonly used in aircraft and satellites, to self-heal cracks at temperatures well below freezing.
Materials Science
Sep 13, 2016
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The European Space Agency will unveil on Wednesday a three-dimensional map of a billion stars in our galaxy that is 1,000 times more complete than anything existing today.
Astronomy
Sep 13, 2016
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The federal government says a new strategy to address the issue of noise in the ocean will better protect the safety of marine mammals.
Ecology
Sep 13, 2016
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A trip to the Red Planet begins long in advance of liftoff. NASA's journey to Mars includes preparing astronauts to cope with several months of isolation, confinement, and in an extreme environment (identified with the acronym ...
Space Exploration
Sep 13, 2016
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From skeletal remains found among ancient owl pellets, a team of scientists has recovered the first ancient DNA of the extinct West Indian mammal Nesophontes, meaning "island murder." They traced its evolutionary history ...
Archaeology
Sep 13, 2016
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Facebook, Twitter and news organizations including Agence France-Presse have joined a coalition of media and technology groups seeking to filter out online misinformation and improve news quality on social networks.
Internet
Sep 13, 2016
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NASA's Aqua satellite provided a visible image of Super Typhoon Meranti as it continued to move toward Taiwan and the northern Philippines.
Earth Sciences
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