A new paper slated for publication in the April edition of the journal Biological Conservation has predicted that over 40 per cent of insect species are at risk of extinction over
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A new study has refuted the old folk wisdom “Beer before wine and you’ll feel fine; wine before beer and you’ll feel queer.” Results of the randomised controlled trial published
Researchers may have discovered a drug that can reduce the ‘thirst’ of ravenous mosquitoes for several days. Findings of the new study were published on 7 February in the journal
Even with their miniature brains, previous research has shown that honeybees can understand the concept of zero. But what about basic arithmetic? A new paper published on 6 February in
Global trend towards a few high-value crop lineages could threaten sustainable agriculture
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A new study published on 6 February in PLoS One suggests a small number of crop species and lineages are dominating agricultural land around the world ― primarily at large
A large study of two European populations ― Belgian and Dutch people ― has discovered that several species of gut bacteria are missing in people with depression (1). The results
According to a new study published on 4 February in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the “metabolic age” of female brains are a few years younger than
A new commentary published on 4 February in The Lancet has called upon World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to reconvene the emergency committee and to reconsider whether to declare
New observations of ocean circulation patterns in the North Atlantic may help predict future climate impacts
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Initial findings of an international project designed to study the link between water mass transformation at high latitudes and the meridional overturning circulation in the North Atlantic (AMOC) were published
A new plastics ban proposed by the European Chemicals Agency (Echa) could potentially prevent 400,000 tonnes of additional plastic pollution in 20 years. The draft law is targeting the unnecessary