Why this heatwave feels worse than the last one
A combination of factors is making this heatwave more uncomfortable than some we have had in the past, as Simon King explains
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From virtue to vice: How the morality of popular music lyrics has changed since the 1960s
Popular music may be reflecting a growing culture of vices, according to new research from the Center for Digital Music at Queen Mary University of London. The analysis of musical evolution found that song lyrics have become increasingly negative over the past six decades, with d
‘Instant connection to the past’: how the Major oak affected those who saw it
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NASA’s Lucy finds a wobbling peanut-shaped asteroid with signs of ancient water
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft discovered that asteroid Donaldjohanson is a wobbling, peanut-shaped relic born from a violent collision and slowly reshaped by the subtle force of sunlight. It also carries traces of ancient water, making it an important clue to the solar system’s mysterio
Growing up gets less scary with time, research finds
As young adults, many millennials feared growing up more than past generations. But they've come around to it as they age, research published in the journal Developmental Psychology has found.
Fossil fish tooth chemistry uncovers Southern Hemisphere role in Earth's ice age shift
To understand where Earth might be headed, it's important to know where it has been. Throughout its existence, especially over the past couple of million years, Earth has experienced periodic cold and warm intervals, known as glacial and interglacial periods.
Global rice paddy greenhouse gas emissions have doubled during the past six decades, study
Rice paddy greenhouse gas emissions have doubled during the past 60 years—but practical farm changes could cut methane emissions and support global climate targets without reducing food production, a team led by Boston College scientists reports in the journal Nature Food.
Beetle-like borings in 70-million-year-old titanosaur fossils reshape Lo Hueco fossil stor
Traces or perforations caused by living organisms after an animal's death can be found on various dinosaur bone remains. These perforations, known as bioerosion structures, provide information that helps us understand relationships between living organisms in the past, reconstruc
Plano ABC+ RS avança com expansão de tecnologias de baixa emissão no campo
Dados apresentados em evento da Farsul mostram avanço do Rio Grande do Sul em recuperação de pastagens, plantio direto e sistemas integrados. O post Plano ABC+ RS avança com expansão de tecnologias de baixa emissão no campo apareceu primeiro em Canal Rural.
A large, harmless asteroid will zip past Earth this weekend
A large asteroid will zip past Earth this weekend, but don't worry: It poses no danger. O recorte ajuda a contextualizar a pauta dentro de Agro.
O que fazer ao identificar focos de cigarrinha-do-milho na lavoura?
Foto: Divulgação. Denílson Almeida Dias, de Montes Claros (MG), relata preocupações com a cigarrinha-do-milho; engenheiro agrônomo explica que a praga não afeta pastagens O post O que fazer ao identificar focos de cigarrinha-do-milho na lavoura? apareceu primeiro em Canal Rural.
Oxygen atoms in 15‑million‑year‑old giant eggshells reveal how plants reacted to a hotter
Some periods in Earth's history are so different from our own that they may as well belong to another planet. Many people are interested in the age of dinosaurs or the Ice Ages, but it is an intermediate world, the Miocene Epoch—a sort of "in-between" world, geologically speaking