TEL AVIV, Israel (Press Release) — Bats, like humans, are extremely social mammals. They enjoy an average lifespan of 20-30 years, settle in large colonies, and rely heavily on social interactions for their survival, using vocalizations — or calls — for communication. There is very little known about the purpose and content of these noises. […]
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We ShareThe addition of Charles Miller to the NASA “landing party” bodes well for private space companies Artist concept of a moon colony via NASA Will Donald Trump shift NASA’s sights from Mars to the moon? Every time America gets a new president, NASA undergoes an upheaval. The agency gets new leadership, and sometimes major programs
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International, The World We Share, USAMINNEAPOLIS — Animal welfare activists say their advertisements in the Mall of America opposing the wool industry’s treatment of lambs were taken down by mall officials. In response to the mall’s actions, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, commonly known as PETA, staged a protest in downtown Minneapolis early Tuesday afternoon, with three nearly
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The World We Share, USAWhen scientists collected acoustic data from an area around the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean in the fall of 2014 and spring of 2015, they couldn’t identify a sound they heard with any known animal sounds. After analyzing the recording for over a year, they think the sound represents a previously unknown type of
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Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We ShareThe world’s largest wild reindeer herd has almost halved over the last 16 years, as scientists warn rising temperatures and human activity have had an effect, the BBC reported. The herd, settled in Russia’s remote Taymyr Peninsula, the northernmost part of the country’s mainland, has reduced by 40 percent since 2000, after changes to the
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International, The World We ShareAround 99 million years ago, a juvenile dinosaur got its feathery tail stuck in tree resin, a death trap for the small creature. But its misfortune is now giving scientists unique insight into feathered dinosaurs that prospered during the Cretaceous Period. Researchers said on Thursday that a chunk of amber – fossilized resin – spotted
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International, The World We ShareThe latest findings in Earth science are brought to you by ancient astronomers who observed the heavens as much as 2,700 years ago. Thanks to hundreds of records of lunar and solar eclipses carved in clay tablets and written into dynastic histories, modern scientists have determined that the amount of time it takes for Earth
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Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We ShareA whole new kind of ‘breaking up’ around the holidays NASA/John Sonntag A rare ice crack not formed by that squirrel from the Ice Age movies An iceberg the size of Delaware is starting to break away from Antarctica. It began with a small crack, but has now grown 70 miles long and more than
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International, The World We ShareThere are a little less than 2,000 giant pandas in the world, making the chance to name two of the newest born a rather special and rare treat. And that’s exactly what Zoo Atlanta is offering animal lovers around the world to do. The zoo announced Monday it would allow people to name its new
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The World We Share, USAIf you’ve ever wondered what your dog is thinking about, the answer may be more complex than you might imagine. A study has found that dogs remember past events in a similar way to humans, suggesting our canine companions may be more self aware than previously thought. Researchers from the MTA-ELTE Comparative Ethology Research Group
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The World We ShareThe North Pole is over 36 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than average, a new report found. In fact, the entire Arctic region, the report said, is about 13 degrees warmer than usual. At the same time, the extent of sea ice in the Arctic is at a record low beating the all-time low seen in 2012.
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International, The World We ShareStephen Hawking believes that humanity has less than thousand years on Earth before a mass extinction occurs, the leading theoretical physicist said during a speech Tuesday at Oxford University Union, U.K. According to Hawking, the only way humans can avoid the possibility of extinction was to find another planet to inhabit. At the talk, Hawking
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International, The World We ShareCanada is present and accounted-for at this year’s United Nations climate change conference with a delegation of 225 individuals led by Environment Minister Catherine McKenna and which includes Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard, several provincial environment ministers and a handful of members of provincial legislatures. They’ve all travelled to Marrakech, Morocco for COP22 to build on
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International, The World We ShareThe authorities in New Zealand have confirmed there have been casualties in the powerful earthquake that struck the South Island around 90 kilometres north of Christchurch. Prime Minister John Key has said two people were killed. Police said one of the victims was found in a house in the coastal tourist town of Kaikoura, near
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