Fish that display dominant traits are more at risk of consuming microplastic pollution than others in their social group, according to new research. The study, led by the University of Glasgow and published in Proceedings…
Space radiation on Earth
[caption id="attachment_14450" align="alignnone" width="700"] Credit: GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH/Jan Michael Hosan 2018[/caption] The constant ‘rain’ of radiation in space includes cosmic rays, which, despite the name ‘ray’, comprises highly energetic particles arriving from beyond…
Lake Michigan waterfowl botulism deaths linked to warm…
[caption id="attachment_14446" align="alignright" width="395"] Map showing the three regions of upper Lake Michigan surveyed in the current study. Citizen scientists regularly walked beaches in these regions surveying for sick and dead birds. KARINE PRINCÉ/ESRI[/caption] Since…
Proba-V image of South Korea
A false-colour image of Pyeongchang county and surrounding territory in South Korea – currently hosting the 2018 Winter Olympics. This is a view of the northern part of the country, with vegetation in red and…
Back-and-forth exchanges boost children’s brain response to language
Study finds engaging young children in conversation is more important for brain development than “dumping words” on them. [caption id="attachment_14440" align="alignnone" width="639"] MIT cognitive scientists have found that conversation between an adult and a child…