To save the planet, first save elephants
Wiping out all of Africa’s elephants could accelerate Earth’s climate crisis by allowing 7% more damaging greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, scientists say. But conserving forest elephants may reverse
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Elusive top quark
PARTICLE physicists at Fermilab near Chicago may have sighted the elusive "top" quark, one of the smallest constituents of matter (Science, Vol 258, No 5086; New Scientist, Vol 136, No 1851). An
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Space mirror "illumines" Europe by night
A Russian attempt to light up the night by using sunlight reflected from a huge space based mirror failed to come up to expectations but could some day provide an alternative to electric lighting.
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Is Mt Everest the tallest peak?
Scientists studying the evolution of the highest Himalayan peaks will soon announce the exact elevation of Mt Everest at present.
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Relying on intrigue to survive
Some insects come up with amazing answers to the question of survival.
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Wanderlust heats up the blood of some fish
Biologists have found that some fish evolved into warm blooded creatures because their adventurous ancestors were exposed to large temperature variations.
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A drop of wood alcohal helps to perk up plants
Plants grow taller and faster if sprayed with a solution of methanol, claims an American farmer
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Putting colour into pelts
Scientists say a pair of genes are responsible for lending colour to animal furs.
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Lessons animals teach
How animals treat themselves with various plants provide medicinal leads to scientists.
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Sound sense
Fishes seem to be developing ways to detect and avoid high frequency sonars that trawlers use to locate them
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Caught in a haze
Indian scientists contest the UNEP report on the aerosol-caused Asian brown cloud