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Category: Science
Global demand for fish expected to almost double by 205...
Brazil, Ghana, India and Nigeria are all predicted to more than double the weight of fish they consume by 2050, with aquaculture f...
Most CO2 from Australia’s megafires has been offset by ...
About 80 per cent of the carbon dioxide released by Australia’s huge wildfires of 2019-2020 was captured by ocean algal blooms tha...
Generation Covid: What the pandemic means for young peo...
The long-term impact of the pandemic will be felt most by those growing up in its grasp. Generational analysis can tell us what we...
Planet-eating stars can be identified by their telltale...
Stars that have eaten their planets aren't promising places to look for alien life, and now there is a technique that can help qui...
Rare genetic variants play important role in people who...
An analysis of DNA from 515 centenarians has identified rare genetic variants that might help explain how they reached their hundr...
Cows have been potty-trained to reduce greenhouse gas e...
Sixteen young cows learned quickly how to urinate in a latrine, allowing their urine to be processed without producing greenhouse ...
Food production emissions make up more than a third of ...
Global greenhouse gas emissions from food production are 37 per cent of the total, and animal-based food production emits twice as...
Shifting jet stream due to warming could threaten Europ...
Changes in the position of the polar jet stream around the Arctic may have caused past famines in Europe, and global warming could...
Male rodents with less time to breed grow bigger testes
Male rodents in species with shorter breeding seasons tend to have larger testes, probably because the time pressure increases spe...
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
NASA’s planned successor to the Hubble Space Telescope
Astronauts could use their blood and urine to make Mart...
Mixing materials extracted from their own blood and urine with native Martian soil could let astronauts produce a type of concrete...
SpaceX is about to send the first ever all-amateur miss...
SpaceX’s Inspiration4 launch, planned for 15 September, will mark the first time a flight into orbit has been crewed exclusively b...