Burning grasslands to maintain them: How does it help biodiversity?
As grasslands get abandoned, controlled burning is discussed as a labor-saving method of keeping forests at bay. A Kobe ...
Study of 16 years of U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement finds that workers were not hurt by freer trade
In a study amid current and at times heated debates over U.S.-Canada trade policy, researchers have assessed the long-term ...
Meditation and mindfulness at work are welcome, but do they help avoid accountability for toxic culture?
In an age when home offices, hybrid work arrangements and blurred boundaries between work and personal life are the norm, a ...
Groundwater in the Arctic is delivering more carbon into the ocean than was previously known
A relatively small amount of groundwater trickling through Alaska's tundra is releasing huge quantities of carbon into the ...
We studied more than 500 giraffe skulls from all over Africa, and confirmed there are 4 distinct species
Giraffes are among the world's most recognizable animals. With their elongated necks and long legs, their gracious movements ...
How nonprofits abroad can fill gaps when the US government cuts off foreign aid
The U.S. government gives other nations US$68 billion of foreign assistance annually—more than any other country. Over half ...
New evidence confirms Indigenous languages have a common source, but how they spread remains a mystery
Have you ever wondered how Australia's many Indigenous languages relate to one another and how far back the connections go?
Climate change increases risk of successive natural hazards in the Himalayas
An international study has investigated the causes and impacts of the devastating flood disaster in the Himalayas in October ...
Ragweed's evolutionary edge: Study reveals supergenes behind invasive plant's rapid global invasion
Monash researchers have made a breakthrough discovery about the invasion success of plants, with the revelation that ...
Can queen conch aquaculture save the species? New publication suggests limitations
A new article published in the journal Oryx examines the efficacy and perception of queen conch (Aliger gigas) conservation ...
Carbon capture in Mediterranean soil: How farmland can trap greenhouse gases
Imagine if we could find a way to capture the greenhouse gases that are warming our planet. One way to do this is carbon ...
Ear muscle we thought humans didn't use—except for wiggling our ears—activates during focused listening
If you can wiggle your ears, you can use muscles that helped our distant ancestors listen closely. These auricular muscles helped change the shape of the pinna, or the shell of the ear, funneling ...