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Advocates of plant-based protein say 75% of world’s farmland should be rewilded to reduce emissions. About 85% of agricultural land in England is used for pasture for grazing animals or to grow food. Photograph: Maureen McLean/Rex/Shutterstock Cop27 live – latest news updates – …
Australia’s green light for the procedure opens up potential to treat bacterial infections, as well as other diseases. A fecal microbiota transplant helps an unhealthy gut to ‘repopulate the bacterial microenvironment’. Photograph: Steve Gschmeissner/Getty Images/Science Photo Library RF – Tory Shepherd Last modified …
Study finds rats instinctively move in time to music – an ability previously thought to be uniquely human. Rats were fitted with miniature accelerometers and played excerpts from Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major. Photograph: Thomas Leirikh/Getty Images/iStockphoto – Hannah Devlin …
The study showed that synthetic fertilizers temporarily alter the electrical field produced by flowers such as lavender, causing bumblebees to pass them over. Depositphotos – By Ben Coxworth 2022 Nov 09 – A number of studies have already shown that synthetic chemicals can harm …
An expedition to find Wallace’s giant bee in the wild led to its ‘rediscovery’ in Indonesia’s Maluku islands. Entomologist Eli Wyman with the first rediscovered individual of Wallace’s giant bee. It was the first time the bee had been seen alive in the …
Scientists suggest octopuses propel material as part of den cleaning, but also in interactions and with purpose. The octopuses may hit each other with projectiles as an assertion of personal space, it has been suggested. Photograph: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images Nicola Davis Science correspondent …
Participants in the Indigenous Peoples Of the Americas Parade in New York City, 2022 Oct 15. Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images – By Torivio Fodder, Indigenous Governance Program Manager and Professor of Practice, University of Arizona Published: 2022 Nov 07 – Curious Kids is a …
Scientists expect heatwaves to become more common in Europe (and elsewhere) as temperatures continue to rise. Depositphotos – By Nick Lavars 2022 Nov 06 – Scientists tracking climate change have found Europe is seeing temperatures increase at more than twice the global average. This …
The case study found structural deficits in the building contributed to airflow, and subsequent COVID infections, between non-adjacent rooms on different floors. Depositphotos – By Rich Haridy 2022 Nov 06 – A striking new case study published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases illustrates …
Got the winning ticket? AP Photo/Julio Cortez – By Jay L. Zagorsky, Clinical associate professor, Boston University Published: 2022 Nov 04 – The latest Powerball jackpot swelled to US$1.5 billion on 2022 Nov 02 – just shy of the record amount – after …
