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Life forms 'went large' a billion years ago

Posted in Science on 18th May, 2016
by Alex Muller

Life was already organising itself into large communities of cells more than a billion years ago, according to evidence from China.

Climate change: survival of the oldest species?

Posted in Featured, Science on 9th May, 2016
by Alex Muller

The logic is relatively simple: The reason theyre so old is that theyve been tested by environmental shifts before and have come out on top.

Researchers find that Earth may be home to 1 trillion species

Posted in Featured, Science on 3rd May, 2016
by Alex Muller

Earth could contain nearly 1 trillion species, with only one-thousandth of 1 percent now identified, according to the results of a new study.

Artificial Intelligence fights wildlife poaching

Posted in Featured, Software on 26th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

Researchers are using A.I. applications that incorporate a game theory model for wildlife protection.

Old forest may provide buffer against rising temperatures

Posted in Featured, Science on 25th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

The vegetation of an old-growth forest could provide a buffer for plants and animals in a warming world, according to a new study.