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A Green Idea: Composting Your Trash

July 1, 2020

Composting is an easy way to turn the organic waste you make each day--such as vegetable and fruit peels, egg shells, and newsprint into nutrient-rich soil. With only a few simple materials, you can easily make your own composting bin. What is Composting? Composting refers to the process of controlled decomposition of organic materials. In composting, organic material decomposes into a nutrient-rich material called humus. The resulting humus can be added to soils to improve its nutrient and moisture content. … Read More

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Experimental COVID-19 vaccine safe, generates immune response

14 July 2020

An investigational vaccine, mRNA-1273, designed to protect against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), was generally well tolerated and prompted neutralizing antibody activity in healthy adults, according to interim results.

Scientists propose plan to determine if Planet Nine is a primordial black hole

12 July 2020

Scientists have developed a new method to find black holes in the outer solar system, and along with it, determine once-and-for-all the true nature of the hypothesized Planet Nine.

Like humans, beluga whales form social networks beyond family ties

11 July 2020

A groundbreaking study is the first to analyze the relationship between group behaviors, group type, group dynamics, and kinship of beluga whales in 10 locations across the Arctic. Results show that not only do beluga whales regularly interact with close kin, including close maternal kin, they also frequently associate with more distantly related and unrelated individuals. Findings will improve the understanding of why some species are social, how individuals learn from group members and how animal cultures emerge.

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COVID-19 and the heart: Searching for the location of the SARS-CoV-2 receptor

14 July 2020

(Masonic Medical Research Institute) Nearly 20% of COVID-19-associated deaths are from cardiac complications, yet the mechanisms from which these complications arise have remained

For chimpanzees, salt and pepper hair not a marker of old age

14 July 2020

(George Washington University) Silver strands and graying hair is a sign of aging in humans, but things aren't so simple for our closest ape relatives--the chimpanzee. A new s

Converting female mosquitoes to non-biting males with implications for mosquito control

14 July 2020

(Virginia Tech) "Nix has great potential for developing mosquito control strategies to reduce vector populations through female-to-male sex conversion, or to aid in the Steril

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Shape-shifting cuts give shoes a better grip

14 July 2020 - Carolyn Wilke

With pop-out structures inspired by kirigami and animals, a shoe sole goes from flat to spiky to boost friction on slippery surfaces such as ice.

Scientists Say: Prairie

13 July 2020 - Bethany Brookshire

Prairies are flat, fertile grasslands in North America. They are their own unique ecosystem.

Tube-dwelling sea creatures may be oldest known parasites

13 July 2020 - Jonathan Lambert

A fossil bed of clam-like animals from a half-billion years ago is covered in tube-dwelling organisms. These suggest the tube dwellers were parasites, scientists now report.

A Green Idea: Composting Your Trash

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