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Offbeat: Earth and Climate Offbeat: General Offbeat: Paleontology and Archeology
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Study challenges popular idea that Easter islanders committed 'ecocide'      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Some 1,000 years ago, a small band of Polynesians sailed thousands of miles across the Pacific to se...

Biology: Marine Ecology: Sea Life Environmental: Ecosystems Environmental: Water Offbeat: Earth and Climate Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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The secret sex life of coral revealed      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Corals play an essential role in ocean ecosystems, and like many organisms, they are under threat fr...

Offbeat: Earth and Climate
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Sex lives of orchids reads like science fiction      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Scientists have created a global database of pollination data for almost 3000 orchid species....

Offbeat: Earth and Climate Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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Butterflies can remember where things are over sizeable spaces      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Heliconius butterflies are capable of spatial learning, scientists have discovered. The results prov...

Biology: Botany Offbeat: Earth and Climate Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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Heat sensor protects the Venus flytrap from fire      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

The sensory hairs of the Venus flytrap contain a heat sensor that warns the plant of bush fires. It...

Energy: Batteries Energy: Technology Offbeat: Earth and Climate
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Energy-storing supercapacitor from cement, water, black carbon      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Engineers have created a 'supercapacitor' made of ancient, abundant materials, that can store large...

Chemistry: Thermodynamics Geoscience: Environmental Issues Offbeat: Earth and Climate Physics: Optics
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Clever coating turns lampshades into indoor air purifiers      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Indoor air pollution may have met its match. Scientists have designed catalyst-coated lampshades tha...

Biology: Microbiology Environmental: Wildfires Geoscience: Environmental Issues Offbeat: Earth and Climate
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Fungi blaze a trail to fireproof cladding      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Scientists have shown it's possible to grow fungi in thin sheets that could be used for fire-retarda...

Environmental: General Geoscience: Environmental Issues Offbeat: Earth and Climate Offbeat: General
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Individuals vary in how air pollution impacts their mood      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Affective sensitivity to air pollution (ASAP) describes the extent to which affect, or mood, fluctua...

Offbeat: Earth and Climate
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Wine forecast: Britain could be Chardonnay champions by 2050 - Wine Forecast: Britain Could Be Chardonnay Champions by 2050      (via sciencedaily.com) 

As a result of climate change, over one-fifth of the UK may have suitable weather by mid-Century to ...