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Our presence affects animals beyond merely how we’ve modified the landscape.
Data on human and wildlife movement during the pandemic suggest new ways for us to coexist
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Coconut palms account for more than one third of forested areas on Fakarava Atoll, French Polynesia, which falls far short of the region’s most heavily impacted atolls.
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The internal structure of a jet engine
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Roland Knapp
The Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog is recovering in Yosemite, a beacon of hope for amphibian conservation.
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Aqueous Battery Consortium
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The Pineapple Express — an atmospheric river originating in the tropical Pacific — walloped western North America in February 2017. These systems are becoming more frequent at higher latitudes, leaving mid latitudes drier.
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Fangzhou ZhaoI, Van de Walle group
Concept illustration of non-radiative recombination, in which electron-hole interaction at a defect in the atomic structure results in heat, rather than light, being emitted. Jim Speck will use his Vannevar Bush Award to advance understanding of the physics of such interactions.
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Matt Perko
If a male mosquito can’t hear a female, it’s as though she doesn’t exist.
