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Exercising in Nature Reduces Depression, Improves Health
Health
Summary: Engaging in physical activity in natural settings like parks and beaches could prevent around 13,000 cases of non-communicable diseases annually in ...
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Shocking photos show Africa splitting apart as new ocean forms
Science
Featured Image Credit: Julie Rowland, University of Auckland / BBC The changes could see landlocked countries have a coastline in the future ...
Mystery of cave known as ‘most dangerous place on Earth’ that left visitors with one of the deadliest diseases known to man
Health
Featured Image Credit: Getty Stock Images / Mount Elgon National Park The cave has welcomed all sorts of visitors over time, but ...
Sorry To Ruin Your Day, But We Must Alert You To This Fact About Alligator Penises
Science
In today’s edition of Nature Is Ridiculous: the alligator penis somewhat behaves like a jack-in-the-box. When dissecting an alligator, researcher Brandon Moore of ...
Refuse collections are suspended amid fears body parts could be in wheelie bins
U.K.
Bin collections have been suspended in Salford where a torso was discovered Refuse collections have been suspended amid fears that body parts ...
Negative leap second may be needed to adjust for Earth spinning slower
Science
Leap seconds are added because if Earth is rotating slower over millions of years then a Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) minute would ...
Graham Cowles, head of birds at the Natural History Museum who unearthed the ‘white dodo’ – obituary
Science
On the same 1974 expedition, Cowles also recovered fragments of the saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise (Cylindraspis inepta), a friendly beast eaten to ...
Alligator snapping turtle from Americas which can bite through human bone turns up in Cumbria
Science
Alligator turtles are recognisable thanks to their armour-like shells, which give them a prehistoric, dinosaur-like appearance. Ms Chamberlain warned: “It’s a very ...
Microlands by J Craig Venter & David Ewing Duncan, review
Science
But Venter’s project has uncovered so much diversity in aquatic microbial worlds, the standard taxonomy of kingdom, phylum and species breaks down ...
Hermit crabs form shells out of litter in attempt to find mates, Poznan University scientists find
Science
Hermit crabs are using litter as makeshift shells in an apparent attempt to find a mate, scientists have discovered. Plastic caps are ...
