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• Humpback whale population on the rise after near miss with extinction
• Replacing coal with gas or renewables saves billions of gallons of water
• Ants: Jam-free traffic champions
• Trending maps reveal what makes viral content catch on
• New drug-delivery technology promises efficient, targeted cancer treatment
• Intimate Partner Abuse Can Lead to Depression, Suicidal Thoughts in Old Age
• Catastrophic events carry forests of trees thousands of miles to a burial at sea

Humpback whale population on the rise after near miss with extinction Posted: 22 Oct 2019 06:41 AM PDT A population of humpback whales in the South Atlantic has rebounded from the brink of extinction. Intense pressure from the whaling industry in the 20th … Read more

Replacing coal with gas or renewables saves billions of gallons of water Posted: 22 Oct 2019 06:40 AM PDT The ongoing transition from coal to natural gas and renewables in the U.S. electricity sector is dramatically reducing the industry’s water use, a new Duke … Read more

Ants: Jam-free traffic champions Posted: 22 Oct 2019 06:39 AM PDT Whether they occur on holiday routes or the daily commute, traffic jams affect cars as well as pedestrians. Scientists at the Research Center on Animal … Read more

Trending maps reveal what makes viral content catch on Posted: 22 Oct 2019 06:36 AM PDT When you think about content going viral, maps don’t typically come to mind, but “The Eclipse: Smothered and Covered,” a map with the 2017 eclipse … Read more

New drug-delivery technology promises efficient, targeted cancer treatment Posted: 22 Oct 2019 06:26 AM PDT A precise and non-toxic treatment that targets lung cancer cells at the nanoscale is able to effectively kill the cells even at a low dose. … Read more

Intimate Partner Abuse Can Lead to Depression, Suicidal Thoughts in Old Age Posted: 22 Oct 2019 06:21 AM PDT Intimate partner abuse can have long-lasting effects. Even when the abuse happens early in one’s life, the damage may carry through until old age and … Read more

Catastrophic events carry forests of trees thousands of miles to a burial at sea Posted: 22 Oct 2019 06:20 AM PDT Flooding from torrential rains caused by cyclones and monsoonal storms, as well as other catastrophic events, are responsible for moving huge amounts of fresh wood

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