Scientists Discover Deep-Sea Bacteria Has a Metabolism Unlike Anything We’ve Seen Before CARLY CASSELLA 3 APRIL 2020 A curious kind of bacteria found on the floor of the deep ocean might have a metabolism unlike anything we’ve seen before. Known as Acetobacterium woodii, scientists in Germany claim that this species, which also lives in the intestines of […]
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NATURE Ocean Creatures Have Been Protecting Us From Millions of Viruses This Entire Time PETER DOCKRILL 31 MARCH 2020 It’s fair to say that the world has had more than enough of viruses right now. Unfortunately, the converse is not necessarily true. The incredible vastness of the virosphere is hard to overstate. While several thousand kinds of virus have
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Oceans species on the move due to increased heat Since pre-industrial times, the world’s oceans have warmed by an average of one degree Celsius (1°C). Now researchers report in Current Biology on March 26th that those rising temperatures have led to widespread changes in the population sizes of marine species. The researchers found a general pattern of
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Photo of the Week – March 23rd 2020 Surgeon Fish
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Earth’s Soil Could Absorb 5.5 Billion Tonnes of CO2 Annually, if We Get It Right AFP (paul mocan/Unsplash) ENVIRONMENT 21 MARCH 2020 Restoring and protecting the world’s soil could absorb more than 5 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide each year – roughly what the US emits annually – new research showed Monday. Last year the
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One of my heroes following my early studies of science was the wonderful Charles Darwin, and today there is a report that some of his theories have had further confirmation. Read on – my lovelies – and enjoy a really good science report at: NATURE A Crucial Idea Darwin Had on Evolution Was Just Confirmed,
Lego Bricks- How Long??? We all love Lego – especially my son (who is now grown up with a family, but still has Lego models all around his home office!) but I don’t think any of us realised the following facts about how long it takes for a lego brick to disintegrate. Read on
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10 Good News Stories (Jon Tyson/Unsplash) HUMANS Tired of The Coronavirus? Here Are 10 Good News Stories You Need Right Now SIGNE DEAN 16 MARCH 2020 1. CRISPR has been used to attempt a cure for genetic blindness for the first time In a world first, surgeons at Oregon Health & Science Institute have used
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Photo of the week – March 16th 2020
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Photo of the Week: 5th March Puffin: Shetland Islands (Sunburgh Head Cliffs))
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