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How Long Will Human Civilization Last?

Posted on December 5, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

Human-caused climate change, ocean acidification and species extinctions may eventually threaten the collapse of civilization, according to…

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    People power in Kenya greatly improves local fisheries

    Posted on November 17, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

    Harnessing ‘people power’ to manage fisheries in the developing world has significantly benefited local communities and coral…

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      Stray stars between galaxies add to the cosmic light in the universe

      Posted on November 9, 2014June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

      Using an experiment carried into space on a NASA suborbital rocket, astronomers at Caltech and their colleagues have detected a diffuse…

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        Massive tectonic event may have triggered explosion of animal life

        Posted on November 1, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

        A new analysis of geologic history may help solve the riddle of the “Cambrian explosion,” the rapid diversification of animal…

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          Competition between related species of lizards can drive evolution really fast

          Posted on October 27, 2014June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

          Scientists working on islands in Florida have documented the rapid evolution of a native lizard species — in as little as 15 years…

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            First detection of dark matter

            Posted on October 20, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

            Cutting-edge paper by Professor George Fraser — who tragically died in March this year — and colleagues at the University of…

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              Decline in Fish Stocks at Puget Sound Hurts Diving Birds

              Posted on October 18, 2014June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

              Birds that dive for fish while wintering in the Salish Sea, located between British Columbia and Washington, are more likely to be in…

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                Climate change alters cast of winter birds

                Posted on October 17, 2014June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

                Over the past two decades, the resident communities of birds that attend eastern North America’s backyard bird feeders in winter have…

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                  Geothermal heating increases the habitability of planets orbiting red dwarfs

                  Posted on October 7, 2014October 24, 2022 by Jacob Haqq Misra

                  Small red stars, known by astronomers as “M-dwarfs”, are the most abundant type of star in the sky and are also the most long-lived of…

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                    New but really old genetic ‘operating system’ led to evolution of complex organisms

                    Posted on October 7, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                    The evolution of worms, insects, vertebrates and other “bilateral” animals — those with distinct left and right sides…

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