Tulips From Amsterdam? Not So Much Says New Probe
Tourists are being ripped off at Amsterdam’s famous flower market, with just one 1% of all bulbs sold at the floating bazaar ever producing a blossom, investigators said Tuesday.
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Swiss Glaciers Shrink 10% in 5 Years: Study
Switzerland’s glaciers have lost a tenth of their volume in the past five years alone — a melting rate unmatched during observations stretching back more than a century, a study showed Tuesday.
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Blankets Could Protect Structures During Wildfires
Covering structures in fire-protective blankets could be a practical way of protecting them from wildfire damage, according to a new study.
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Investing in Love & Affection Pays Off – Just Ask Birds
Why do birds of a feather stick together, even when it would be better for both if they set one another free? Research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday analyzes the costs of cooperation in long-term mating birds to explain the evolutionary origin of post-coital couples.
Read moreAir Pollution Linked to Increased Risk of ‘Missed’ Miscarriage
Pregnant women exposed to air pollution have an increased risk of miscarriage in the first trimester, according to new research released Monday.
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Russian Tweets Linked to Release of Hacked Emails
Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. election has generally been seen as two separate, unrelated tracks: hacking Democratic emails and sending provocative tweets. But a new study suggests the tactics were intertwined.
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Star Systems Found to Be ‘Baby-Proof’ for Newborn Planets
Astronomers have learned how energy inside gaseous, dust-filled disks surrounding stars help prevent young planets from smashing into the stars they orbit, according to a study released Thursday.
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Study: Children Associate White – But Not Black – Men With ‘Brilliant’ Stereotype
Children are more likely to associate white men with a “brilliant” stereotype than white women – and more likely to do the same for black women compared with black men, according to a new study.
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FEMA Rewards Wealthy Counties Over Poorer Ones
FEMA buys flood-prone homes more often in wealthy, populous counties than in poor, rural areas, even though lower-income rural areas may be more likely to flood frequently, a new study finds.
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‘One Small Nibble for Man’: 3D Printer Makes Meat in Space
The prospect of astronauts tucking into a roast dinner has grown slightly closer after a successful experiment used a 3D printer to create meat on the International Space Station.
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Whale ‘Whispers’ Keep Young Safe Near Predators
Female Atlantic right whales lower their voices to a whisper when communicating with their young in order to prevent “eavesdropping” by predators, researchers said Wednesday.
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UN Report Offers Bleak Look at Human Toll on Oceans
Efforts to protect imperiled marine ecosystems – and the island nations and coastal communities that depend on them – must intensify to reverse a global decline in ocean health and biodiversity, the United Nations said in a report released Tuesday.
Read moreCDC Saw Rise Last Year in 3 Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Three sexually transmitted infections are on the rise in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday, and public health experts are raising the alarm.
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Chinook Salmon Flocking to Revitalized San Joaquin River
A staggering number of Chinook salmon are returning to a California river that hasn’t sustained salmon for decades due to agricultural and urban demands, giving biologists hope that threatened fish are finally spawning in their native grounds without human help.
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Scientists Discover New Antibiotic in Tropical Forest
Resistance to antibiotics has become an increasingly worrisome problem in both medicine and agriculture, where livestock and plants have lost the ability to resist diseases that strive to stay one step ahead. But scientists have discovered a “plant probiotic” in the soil of a remote Mexican jungle that helps plants grow more efficiently and defend against harmful bacteria.
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Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to 3 Cosmologists
Three scientists won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for their work in understanding how the universe has evolved, and the Earth’s place in it.
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Research Shows Maya’s Significant Impact on Ecosystem
According to new geographical findings announced Monday, the ancient Maya had a much larger environmental impact on the tropical ecosystem they inhabited than previously understood, countering environmental pressures by creating large agricultural fields in the surrounding wetlands.
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Loss of Resilience May Be Early Warning of Forest’s Death
Forest mortality has increased in the wake of ever warmer global temperatures, but research released Monday finds there is a way to recognize when a forest will soon die earlier than current methods, giving forest managers more time to prevent forest deaths.
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NASA’s Mars Rover Detects Evidence of Ancient Salt Lakes
While exploring a giant crater on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity rover detected salt-bearing sediments within ancient crater rocks, which suggests a lake was once present there before the planet transitioned to arid climates over billions of years, according to a study released Monday.
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Strict Standards Put China on Track to Meet Emissions Goal by 2020
Low emission standards put into place five years ago have drastically cut polluting emissions from Chinese coal-burning power plants, according to new research released Monday.
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