Mangroves and Global Sea Rise: Even More Resilient Than Thought
Mangroves, those coastal groves of trees that winnow the tide down to a less aggressive force, are likely to perform well against sea rise, researchers from the University of Southampton in the U.K....
Four-legged snake ancestor ‘dug burrows’
A 113-million-year-old fossil from Brazil is the first four-legged snake that scientists have ever seen. Several other fossil snakes have have been found with hind limbs, but the new find is...
Step forward for computing by light
Engineers and physicists have discovered a property of silicon which could aid the development of faster computers. Currently, copper wires transfer information in a computer; the process is slowed...
Coral Reefs and Synthetics: New Material, Clean Possibilities?
If we’re going to create materials that mimic humans and goats and all other entitities that we attempt to clone, why not ocean-clarifying coral reefs? Or at least, say scientists from Anhui...
Angola’s antelopes struggle in post-war environment
There are only 100 giant sable antelopes left in the wild in Angola. That’s a very low number by any standard – but even more so in light of their almost mythical importance in the...
Ban on Dutch flowers ‘highly probable’: Russian watchdog
Dutch flowers represent a sanitary “threat” to Russiaand could be banned in the country, its agricultural watchdog said Tuesday, as Moscow’s relations with The Hague have reached...
Climate Change: Fish May Outlive Us All
If you think that in a competition for withstanding hot and sweaty summer, your grandparent might have beaten you, we’re unlike the fish in the sea. Which is to say, researchers at the ARC...
What ever happened with Europe’s fracking boom?
One more country has decided to put a halt on exploiting shale gas reservoirs. The Dutch government last week placed a five-year ban on commercial fracking. A final decision on the future of...
