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News & Articles By Edsel Cook
11/25/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Answering a scientific puzzle: Do animals living in extreme cold grow to giant sizes because of their slow metabolism?
Some of the largest living animals in the world dwell exclusively in the polar seas and the deepest parts of the oceans. Blue whales, colossal squid, lion’s mane jellyfish, and other leviathans may have attained and maintained their massive sizes thanks to a combination of extremely slow metabolic processes and oxygen availability in polar waters. The […]
11/21/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Thinking, feeling insects? Study reveals paper wasps are capable of a form of logical (deductive) reasoning
The paper wasp has become the first invertebrate animal that proves capable of transitive inference – the same form of logical reasoning that humans and other, more complex animals use for deduction. Transitive inference leverages known links to reason out unknown relationships. An animal capable of such logic knows that if A is greater than […]
11/17/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Study: Plastic pollution is harming photosynthetic bacteria in the ocean that produce 10 percent of the oxygen we breathe
Marine microorganisms may also be threatened by plastic pollution in the ocean. Since one type of photosynthetic bacteria accounts for 10 percent of the oxygen production on Earth, we need to take steps to protect the microbes before we run out of breathable air. Australian researchers issued a warning following their recently published study. They […]
11/13/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Fracking triggers “potentially damaging” earthquakes, even in areas AWAY from injection sites
Earthquakes attributed to fracking operations are not limited to the areas around the injection site. A Tufts study has revealed that pumping fluids underground disturb natural networks of fault fractures that reach quite a ways off. The fracking industry relies on subsurface fluid injection to recover oil and natural gas from deep underground. It also […]
11/11/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Can 3D farming help save the world’s oceans? Innovative ocean farmer grows eco-friendly food that doesn’t harm the environment
Adopting 3D farming in the ocean may help both humans and the environment in several ways. Thanks to the benefits of the seaweed and seafood they raise, ocean farmers have the power to help clean up and preserve the environment. Shellfish can provide a healthy source of protein that may replace beef from cattle, which […]
11/04/2019
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By Edsel Cook
The Solar System must be preserved via “space wilderness” areas to prevent a gold rush, warn researchers
Experts have warned that space mining would cause a new Gold Rush that might deplete the resources of the solar system in several centuries. Before that disaster happens, humans must set up “space wildernesses.” The proposal came from researchers at the Smithsonian Institution and King’s College London. It recommended setting aside seven-eights of the solar […]
10/25/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Unearthing the prehistoric past of Texas – animals thought “Old World” found to have roamed it 12 million years ago
Millions of years ago, Texas supported large populations of prehistoric antelopes, camels, elephants, horses, and rhinos. Its rich selection of fauna matched those found in the Serengeti, the vast ecosystem of Africa that brims with wildlife. The fossil evidence for the “Texas Serengeti” first emerged during the Great Depression. Local workers hauled thousands of specimens […]
10/18/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Researchers discover “beautiful nightmare” crab with giant eyes and the shell of a lobster
Imagine a crab with a lobster’s carapace, a shrimp’s mouth, and bulging eyes, plus the ability to swim. This stuff of seafood dreams and Lovecraftian nightmares is called the chimera crab, and it prowled the seas of the ancient Earth. Its discoverers dubbed it Callichimaera perplexa, “perplexing beautiful chimera” in Latin. The name came from the chimera […]
10/15/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Scientists turn to elk to help restore damaged strip-mined land
When it comes to bringing back plants and wildlife to the barren wasteland of strip mines throughout Central Appalachia, conservationists have recently tried out a different approach. They built their environmental restoration program around Rocky Mountain elk that recently returned to their old stomping grounds. Large populations of elk used to live in the Appalachians […]
10/06/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Sailing scientists discover almost 200,000 marine virus species: Data can help biologists understand how viruses affect the marine ecosystem
The oceans contain far more species of viruses than previously believed. While not all of them are harmful to humans, they may exert a considerable effect on the environment. Following an extended cruise around the world aboard a sailing ship, an international research team reported finding nearly 200,000 species of marine viruses. They released the details […]
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