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5,419 results for: Forests

  1. Ecosystems

    Thwarting Tree Poachers

    A new federal rule makes it harder to destroy protected forests.

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  2. Chemistry

    Flowerless plants make fancy amber

    A new analysis suggests that ancient seed plants made a version of the fossilized resin credited to more modern relatives

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  3. Planetary Science

    Seeing the future hot spells

    Satellite data could help scientists better predict killer heat waves, such as the one that hit Europe in 2003.

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  4. Tech

    Energy forest

    Silicon nanowires can at least double the storage capacity of lithium-ion batteries.

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  5. Paleontology

    Fish death, mammal extinction and tiny dino footprints

    Paleontologists in Bristol, England, at the annual meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology report on fish fossils in Wyoming, the loss of Australia’s megafauna and the smallest dinosaur tracks.

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  6. Letters

    Philosophers strike back As someone who has taught philosophy of science and history of science for 30 years, I must take exception with Tom Siegfried’s editorial, “Philosophers don’t know what scientists can’t do” (SN: 7/18/09, p. 2). Of course, they don’t! But neither do scientists! Immanuel Kant and Auguste Comte were just as wrong about […]

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  7. Earth

    Unveiling hidden craters

    Earth is regularly bombarded by small meteorites, but most of the resulting craters are hard to find. A team reports finding one such crater in the forests of west-central Alberta.

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  8. Humans

    Partial skeleton gives ancient hominids a new look

    African hominid fossils, including a partial skeleton, reveal a surprising mix of features suitable for upright walking and tree climbing 4.4 million years ago.

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  9. Ecosystems

    Beetle attack overturns forest carbon regime

    Ravaged Canadian region switches from carbon sink to net carbon source.

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  10. Starting Anew

    Scientists turn to lowly creatures to unlock the secrets of regeneration.

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  11. Life

    Almost complete primate fossil described

    Ida provides details about life in the Eocene.

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  12. Ecosystems

    U.S. bird populations in decline, report says

    Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar releases a review of U.S. bird populations.

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