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Decline In Arctic Fox Numbers Linked To High Levels Of Mercury
BERLIN (UPI) — A dramatic decline in the number of arctic foxes on a Russian island is linked to dangerous levels of mercury in marine prey, researchers say. On the small Russian island of Mednyi in the North Pacific Ocean, where the foxes survive almost exclusively on sea birds and seal carcasses, researchers said they […]
Childhood Skills In Math, Reading Linked To Adult Socioeconomic Status
EDINBURGH, Scotland (UPI) — Math and reading ability at age 7 may be linked with socioeconomic status, including jobs and income, decades later in adulthood, British researchers say. Writing in the journal Psychological Science, researchers said childhood abilities in math and reading predict adult socioeconomic status better than associations with intelligence, education and beginning childhood […]
Baboons In U.S. Study Show Human-Like Abilities With Numbers
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (UPI) — Ape and human shared traits — opposable thumbs, expressive faces, social systems — are joined by the ability to understand numbers, U.S. researchers say. Scientists at the University of Rochester in New York say a study with a troupe of zoo baboons indicates number abilities are shared by humans and their […]
U.S. Agrees To Propose Protected Habitats For Endangered Sea Turtles
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Conservationists say U.S. officials have agreed to identify suitable nesting and migratory habitat for endangered loggerhead sea turtles within two months. Under an agreement reached between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Center for Biological Diversity, Turtle Island Restoration Network and Oceana, the federal agency has until July 1 to […]
Brood II Cicadas Starting To Emerge On U.S. East Coast
NEW YORK (UPI) — Cicadas are starting to pop out of the ground on the U.S. East Coast, with bug watchers expecting a major outbreak that will produce loud buzzing this summer. While just a few have shown up so far, billions of the locust-like bugs will emerge — butt-end first — by June from […]
Skeleton Suggests Starving Settlers In Jamestown Colony Went Cannibal
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The harsh winter of 1609 in Virginia’s Jamestown Colony forced residents to do the unthinkable, researchers say, as evidence shows they resorted to cannibalism. In addition to the remains of of dogs, cats and horses consumed during the season commonly called the “Starving Time,” a recent excavation at the site uncovered bones […]
Public Invited To Send Their Names, Message With Mars Mission
GREENBELT, Md. (UPI) — NASA says it is inviting the public to submit names and personal messages for a DVD to be carried on a spacecraft that will study the Martian upper atmosphere. The DVD — part of the mission’s Going to Mars Campaign, run by the University of Colorado at Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric […]
Bones Of Britain’s Richard III Give Clues To His Lifestyle And Death
LEICESTER, England (UPI) — Examination of the skeleton of British King Richard III, found buried in Leicester, suggests he was killed “by advanced military weapons,” researchers said. Scientists who analyzed the bones of the king, killed in 1485 at the Battle of Bosworth, found his skull and jaw were badly damaged, lending support to historical […]
Saturn Doesn’t ‘Look Its Age’ Because Of Internal Composition
EXETER, England (UPI) — Astronomers trying to understand why Saturn “appears young,” brighter than it should, say gas generated deep within keeps it looking young and hot. Planets become darker and cooler as they age, but Saturn is much brighter than expected for a planet of its age, researchers in Britain and France said. Scientists […]
Scientists Warn Of Massive Summer Algae Blooms In Lake Erie
WINDSOR, Ontario (UPI) — Conditions are perfect for a massive bloom of algae to grow in Lake Erie this summer, U.S. and Canadian scientists are warning. Heavy April showers are washing fertilizer off farm fields into rivers and into the Great Lake in amounts that will feed huge algae blooms that starve the lake of […]
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