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The collapse in bee populations can be reversed if countries adopt a new farmer-friendly method, the architect of a brand-new masterplan for pollinators will inform the UN biodiversity conference this week. Stefanie Christmann of the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas will provide the outcomes of a brand-new …

When Chinese scientists first modified the genes of a human embryo in a laboratory dish in 2015, it sparked worldwide outcry and pleas from scientists not to make a child utilizing the innovation, a minimum of for the present. Advised for You It was the development of a powerful gene-editing …

For a long time it was believed that a giant rhinoceros called Elasmotherium sibericum went extinct around 200,000 years ago — well before the Quaternary megafaunal extinction event, which saw the end of the woolly mammoth, Irish elk and saber-toothed cat. Now improved dating of fossils suggests that the species survived …

Birds-of-paradise are a family of small to medium-sized forest birds found in the New Guinea region. These birds are among the most beautiful creatures on Earth. Male birds-of-paradise are notorious for their extravagant feather ornaments, complex calls, and shape-shifting dance moves — all evolved to win a mate. According to …

Deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon, a newly-identified species of the parasitoid wasp genus Zatypota transforms Anelosimus eximius, one of only about 25 species of ‘social’ spiders worldwide, into a zombie-like drone that abandons its colony to do the wasp’s bidding. This is the adult stage of the parasitoid wasp Zatypota …

Vegetable, fruit, and orange juice consumption may be associated with a lower risk of memory loss in men, according to a new study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study by Yuan et al supports a long-term beneficial role of vegetable, fruit, and orange juice consumption …

NASA’s InSight mission has successfully landed on the red planet, making it the first Mars landing for the agency in six years. With the solar panels deployed, it’s time for the probe to start doing some science, Well, it’s going to prepare to do some science. InSight has to do …

Paleontologists in Poland have found fossil fragments from a giant new species of mammal-like reptile that walked the Earth approximately 237 million years ago (Late Triassic epoch). Lisowicia bojani. Image credit: Dmitry Bogdanov / CC BY 3.0. Named Lisowicia bojani, the ancient creature belongs to Dicynodontia (dicynodonts), a group of …

While already known that giraffes display preferred choices of companion within their social group, until now it has not been clear what drives these and whether these choices are just some, or all of the time. University of Bristol researcher Zoe Muller and her colleagues from Switzerland, Kenya, Brazil and …

After an almost seven-month, 300-million-mile (458 million km) journey from Earth, NASA’s InSight lander successfully touched down Monday, November 26, 2018, near Mars’ equator on the western side of a flat, smooth expanse of lava called Elysium Planitia, with a signal affirming a completed landing sequence at approximately 3 p.m. …