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Wise elk learn to outsmart hunters and tell apart their weapons
As female elk get older, they also get wiser: they learn how to avoid getting shot by hunters, and appear to adapt their behaviour to the…
Rhinovirus vaccine development is about more than fighting colds
Rhinovirus, the pathogen behind the common cold, can cause severe, acute lung disease in children and those with underlying respiratory conditions. Since the 1970s, vaccine development…
Nature’s Most Wanted: Conservationists Launch New Quest for Lost Species
Expeditions will delve into the wild, looking for species that haven’t been seen for at least a decade. Somewhere deep in the remote and largely inaccessible…
Monkey mafia steal your stuff, then sell it back for a cracker
Long-tailed macaques living near an Indonesian temple have figured out how to run a ransom racket on visiting tourists. The monkeys grab valuables, such as glasses,…
Plant Trees and Chill
Software helps a conservation group see where shade trees will best cool a river. Then the hard work starts. In 2011, the city of Medford in…
Kinetica Dynamics: Skyscraper stabilizer
Kinetica Dynamics may be a young start-up, but its approach to stabilizing tall buildings is based on a well-established idea.“It’s a reinvigoration of an old vibration…