Derek Arnold, researcher at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Institute of Arctic Biology, carries a male lynx weighing around 24 pounds. It was captured in a log box trap near Stuver Cabin on the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge in 2017. The lynx, in excellent condition during a population peak, was anesthetized and collared. After its … Read more
by KeAi Communications Co. Effects of phosphorus resorption on bioactive phosphorus of different-aged Pinus massoniana plantations. Credit: Xue, X. P., et al. Phosphorus (P) is an important nutrient element in plant photosynthesis. However, the adsorption of mineral P via leaching and erosion leads to a decrease in P availability and consequently P deficiency. In a … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Lowering the cost of health care and prescription drug prices and protecting Medicare and Social Security are among the most important issues for Americans in determining their vote for president, according to a new national West Health-Gallup Poll released today. Nearly two-thirds say a candidate’s position on Medicare/Social Security (63%) is … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researcher David Stanley’s interest in climate change has led him to develop a program to improve how we gather data to study the inside of a cloud. The program simulated multiple satellites, collecting images of a cloud from many angles at the same time, which could help us to better understand … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Farming is a notoriously hard profession with long hours spent operating dangerous equipment and performing other arduous tasks. New Rice University research finds that Indigenous farm employees—many of whom have legal status in the U.S. after moving from Latin America—may experience more physical pain on the job than undocumented workers. Researchers … Read more
Acceptability of rationing and taxation of fossil fuels and high climate-impact foods across countries. Credit: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1057/s41599-024-03823-7 Rationing of goods such as meat and fuel can both effectively and fairly reduce consumption with high climate impact. Almost 40% of the public say they could accept such measures. These are … Read more
Our cameras captured many images of brushtail possums at kangaroo carcasses. Image A) a sole brushtail possum, B) a group of possums feeding on a carcass, C) a confrontation between two brushtail possums at a carcass, D) vigilance at a carcass, E) shows a confrontation between a feral cat and a brushtail possum at a … Read more
Graphical representation of methodology employed to measure microplastic contamination in the North Sea. Credit: Frontiers in Marine Science (2024). DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2024.1430307 Microplastic pollution in the world’s oceans is often illustrated through evocative images of wildlife caught within large items floating on the surface, or microplastics blending in among the sand on otherwise pristine beaches. The … Read more
Credit: Pietro Battistoni from Pexels Europe’s physics lab CERN said Sunday that some 500 scientists linked to Russian institutes will be affected when it stops cooperation with Russia in late November as planned. CERN’s decision-making body agreed in June 2022 to terminate cooperation agreements with Russia and its ally Belarus over the war in Ukraine. … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The actor Gillian Anderson has just released a book of sexual fantasies. Titled Want, it catalogs a diverse range of fantasies submitted anonymously by women from around the world. It is not the first to do so. In 1973, American author Nancy Friday published My Secret Garden, a volume that provoked … Read more
