Category: Science

The avocado, celebrated for its nutritious unsaturated fats and distinctive flavor, encounters notable agricultural challenges, particularly its vulnerability to diseases that can drastically reduce fruit quality and yield. The avocado, celebrated for its nutritious unsaturated fats and distinctive flavor, encounters notable agricultural challenges, particularly its vulnerability to diseases that can drastically reduce fruit quality and yield. Molecular…

A team of biologists from the University of Delhi and Zoological Survey of India, Harvard University, and the University of Minnesota has discovered a unique breeding behavior in a species of frog endemic to the Andaman Islands of India. In a new study published in the journal Breviora, scientists describe a combination of traits that…

If you were asked what images were depicted on each side of any of your country’s banknotes, would you be able to confidently answer? If you were asked what images were depicted on each side of any of your country’s banknotes, would you be able to confidently answer? Ecology Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories

Plants encounter various biotic stresses, with insect herbivory being particularly destructive. Traditional chemical insecticides used to combat these pests pose environmental and health risks. Plants encounter various biotic stresses, with insect herbivory being particularly destructive. Traditional chemical insecticides used to combat these pests pose environmental and health risks. Cell & Microbiology Agriculture Phys.org – latest science and technology…

Mass breeding of desert locusts in a controlled environment could provide a sustainable source of protein for animals and humans as well as business opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa, researchers say. Mass breeding of desert locusts in a controlled environment could provide a sustainable source of protein for animals and humans as well as business opportunities in…

Wildfire smoke from the Western United States and Canada is blowing across the Northeast, lowering air quality and endangering vulnerable populations. Wildfire smoke from the Western United States and Canada is blowing across the Northeast, lowering air quality and endangering vulnerable populations. Fires and Firefighters, Global Warming, Wildfires, Air Pollution, Alberta (Canada), British Columbia (Canada), Oregon, Evacuations…

Researchers say this is the fifth sperm whale to die after being struck by a vessel in the busy waterway. Researchers say this is the fifth sperm whale to die after being struck by a vessel in the busy waterway.  BBC News

With long-term declines in groundwater levels putting thousands of domestic wells at risk and causing the ground to sink in parts of the San Joaquin Valley, state regulators are moving forward with efforts to force local agencies to take stronger steps to begin to rein in chronic overpumping by California’s agriculture industry. With long-term declines in…

Environmental evidence of the very first experiments in the evolution of complex life on Earth, has been uncovered by an international team of scientists. Environmental evidence of the very first experiments in the evolution of complex life on Earth, has been uncovered by an international team of scientists. Paleontology & Fossils Phys.org – latest science and technology news…

A small team of speech specialists and psychologists from Sweden, the U.K. and Switzerland has found, via study of old videos, that at least three chimpanzees had learned to speak human words, suggesting that the animals are capable of learning this ability given the right circumstances. The work is published in the journal Scientific Reports. A…