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How to Protect Both Wolves and Livestock

There’s one clear way to make both wolves and livestock owners happy: Make sure that predators have enough natural prey.…

5 years ago

Deltas Gain Ground–But the Trend Won’t Last

Earth's river deltas have long been home to vital ports and wetlands. Despite sea-level rise, these economic and ecological hotspots…

5 years ago

Europa: Three More Clues – Scientific American Blog Network

Jupiter’s spectacular thousand-mile-wide icy moon Europa is one of the solar system’s most tantalizing destinations. We’ve long suspected it of…

5 years ago

Because of Rising CO2, Trees Might Be Warming the Arctic

The Arctic is one of the fastest-warming places on the planet —and scientists still aren’t completely sure why. Melting snow…

5 years ago

A Failure of Imagination – Scientific American Blog Network

I’d like to take a contrarian moment to reflect on one of the greatest imaginations of the past two hundred…

5 years ago

Diana Davis’s Beautiful Pentagons – Scientific American Blog Network

Swarthmore College mathematician Diana Davis, whom I am lucky enough to call a friend, is multitalented. Her combined love of math…

5 years ago

Gut Microbes May Be Key to Solving Food Allergies

Today, Nagler is an immunologist the University of Chicago and is helping to pioneer an emerging research field: studying how…

5 years ago

CITES, the Treaty that Regulates Trade in International Wildlife, Is Not the Answer to Preventing Another Zoonotic Pandemic

Much is being written today on the role of wildlife trade in the COVID pandemic. It would be irresponsible for…

5 years ago

Skinny Genes Tell Fat to Burn

Do you have skinny genes? And I’m not talking about the pants you wore in college but can’t fit into…

5 years ago

Malaria Mosquitoes Are Biting before Bed-Net Time

More than 200 million people get malaria each year. And about half a million die—mostly in Africa, many of them…

5 years ago