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Melting sea ice trouble for Emperor penguins
If global temperatures continue to rise, and sea ice continues melting, the Emperor penguins in Terre Adélie, East Antarctica may eventually disappear.
June 22, 2012
GM crops: Is there trouble on the horizon?
Pests are adapting to genetically modified - GM crops - in unexpected ways. So researchers are closely monitoring and countering pest resistance to GM crops.
June 21, 2012
Shrimp farmland changes over 25 years
Three satellite images show how shrimp farmland has changed a Pacific coastal landscape over 25 years.
June 21, 2012
Melody made with real stars (the kind in the sky)
Researchers use star data from the Kepler Telescope to create a musical melody. Listen to the melody made with real stars.
June 20, 2012
Love is located in the brain
While love may be a habit, it’s not necessarily a bad one. We want to know where love is and research helps develop the first brain map of love and desire.
June 20, 2012
Deforestation tracker Rio+20 launch
First satellite deforestation tracker for whole of Latin America launched at Rio+20 UN environment conference.
June 19, 2012
The nastiest surfaces in your hotel room
An experiment that examined hotel room surfaces found TV remotes to be among the most heavily contaminated with bacteria so are the nastiest surfaces in the room.
June 19, 2012
This is your brain on no self-control
New pictures show - this is your brain - what your brain looks like when you run out of patience and lose your self-control.
June 18, 2012
Black holes as particle detectors
Previously undiscovered particles could be detected as they accumulate around black holes say Scientists at the Vienna University of Technology.
June 18, 2012
Warm climate – cold Arctic?
The Eemian interglacial period that began some 125,000 years ago is used as a model for contemporary climate change. Does a warm climate mean a cold Arctic?
June 15, 2012
