A Cooper’s hawk, found in Greater Vancouver, is the most polluted wild bird that has…
Month: April 2015
Birds show surprising resilience in the face of natural stresses
Life as a wild baby bird can involve a lot of stress; competing with your…
Backyard birds enhance life in urban neighborhoods
How aware are you of the birds that live in your neighborhood? Do you know…
Thick atmosphere of Saturn’s moon Titan fluctuates with Sun’s cycle
Saturn’s moon Titan is the only moon in the solar system that has an atmosphere…
Better social media techniques increase fan interest, engagement
Researchers found that the more MLB teams released original content from their Twitter accounts, such…
Proposed breast cancer screening guidelines would increase deaths, experts say
The breast cancer screening guidelines proposed yesterday by the United States Preventive Services Task Force…
Sugary drinks boost risk factors for heart disease, study shows
Consumption of sugary drinks increases risk factors for cardiovascular disease in a dose-dependent manner —…
New class of 3-D-printed aerogels improve energy storage
Researchers have made graphene aerogel microlattices with an engineered architecture via a 3-D printing technique…
Tau ceti: The next Earth? Probably not
Star system Tau Ceti has long been used in science fiction as a very likely…
Stressed-out parasites: Overcoming drug-resistant malaria
Drug resistance to the critical antimalarial therapeutics of the artemisinin family has emerged in Southeast…