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Noise and light alter bird nesting habits and success

[ad_1] IMAGE: The northern cardinal has relatively low frequency chant and delayed playback in response to noise pollution. View More Credit: David Keeling Are you looking for a bird’s-eye view of human impact? A new study published in the journal Nature provides the most comprehensive picture of how human noise …

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Can EmDrive really work for space travel?

[ad_1] Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at SUNY Stony Brook and the Flatiron Institute, host of Ask an astronaut is Space radioand author of How to die in space. He contributed this article to Space.com’s Voices of experts: opinions and insights. The “EmDrive“claims to make the impossible possible: a …

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Announcement of the 2020 AGU Union Medal, Award and Prize

[ad_1] On behalf of the Earth and Space Science community, we congratulate the 36 individuals who have received the highest honors bestowed by AGU for their excellence in scientific research, education, communication and outreach. These people embody our shared vision of a thriving, sustainable and fair future for all, powered …

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Because skinks that have lost their legs have evolved new ones

[ad_1] Common blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua s. Scincoides), basking on open sandy ground. Credit: CC BY-SA 3.0 A team of researchers affiliated with Clark University, the Museum of Natural History, Yale University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, have developed a theory to explain why skinks living in the Philippines have …

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