Coral adaptation unlikely to keep pace with global warming, warn scientists

Coral adaptation unlikely to keep pace with global warming, warn scientists

Coral adaptation to ocean warming and marine heat waves will likely be overwhelmed without rapid reductions of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to an international team of scientists. Coral adaptation to ocean warming and marine heat waves will likely be overwhelmed without rapid reductions of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to an international team of scientists. Plants…

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Parasite genome analysis provides a new approach to predicting malaria drug resistance

Parasite genome analysis provides a new approach to predicting malaria drug resistance

Researchers at University of California San Diego analyzed the genomes of hundreds of malaria parasites to determine which genetic variants are most likely to confer drug resistance. Researchers at University of California San Diego analyzed the genomes of hundreds of malaria parasites to determine which genetic variants are most likely to confer drug resistance. Cell & Microbiology…

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People with brain injuries have a high risk of romance scams. ‘Scambassadors’ can help shed stigma

People with brain injuries have a high risk of romance scams. ‘Scambassadors’ can help shed stigma

Romance scams—where scammers create fake identities and use dating or friendship to get your trust and money—cost Australians A$201 million last year. Romance scams—where scammers create fake identities and use dating or friendship to get your trust and money—cost Australians A$201 million last year. Social Sciences Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories

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At Least Two Hominin Species Coexisted in Kenya 1.5 Million Years Ago

At Least Two Hominin Species Coexisted in Kenya 1.5 Million Years Ago

Paleoanthropologists have discovered 1.5-million-year-old footprints of two completely different species of hominins — Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei — at a same locality near Lake Turkana in Kenya. The post At Least Two Hominin Species Coexisted in Kenya 1.5 Million Years Ago appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.  Paleoanthropologists have discovered 1.5-million-year-old footprints of…

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Footprints Suggest Different Human Relatives Lived Alongside One Another

A discovery in northern Kenya hints that two extinct species that were our ancient relatives shared the same habitat and possibly interacted. A discovery in northern Kenya hints that two extinct species that were our ancient relatives shared the same habitat and possibly interacted. Paleontology, Fossils, Endangered and Extinct Species, Research, Science (Journal), Kenya NYT > Science

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Smaller brains? Fewer friends? An evolutionary biologist asks how AI will change humanity’s future

Smaller brains? Fewer friends? An evolutionary biologist asks how AI will change humanity’s future

What will humans be like generations from now in a world transformed by artificial intelligence (AI)? Plenty of thinkers have applied themselves to questions like this, considering how AI will alter lives—often for better, sometimes for worse. What will humans be like generations from now in a world transformed by artificial intelligence (AI)? Plenty of thinkers…

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