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Evolution favors new diseases of “intermediate” severity

[ad_1] New epidemic diseases have an evolutionary advantage if they are of “intermediate” severity, the research shows. Scientists tested the theory that pathogens (pathogenic organisms) that inflict intermediate levels of damage on their host have the most evolutionary success. The study, led by the University of Exeter, Arizona State University …

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Noise, light pollution alter the reproduction of birds: study

[ad_1] CHICAGO, Nov.11 (Xinhua) – A University of Michigan (UM) study has suggested that human-caused noise and light pollution can harm individual species of bird populations. Researchers looked at a large collection of datasets to assess how artificial light and human-caused noise affected the reproductive success of 58,506 nests from …

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