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Science News Briefs from around the World: January 2023
Synchronizing chimpanzees in Zambia, a plankton-trapping ecosystem in the Maldives, Neandertal teeth from Spain, and much more in this month’s Quick Hits Credit: NASACANADA Narwhals seem to be migrating later every year as ice-coverage patterns change in Arctic waters. The unicornlike whales were thought to be particularly vulnerable to climate change because of their 100-year
Business briefs from the Chinese media — Wednesday August 31
Listed companies made over $3 trillion profit in the first half of the year: The China Association of Public Companies reports that the 4,825 listed companies that had disclosed their financial reports for the first half of the year by August 31, collectively achieved revenue of 34.54 trillion yuan ($5.14 trillion), a year-on-year increase of
Science News Briefs from around the World: March 2022
Credit: NASA MEXICO Small freshwater fish called sulfur mollies synchronously splash their tails to create waves, and scientists have now demonstrated that this strategy can deter hungry birds. Researchers triggered the wave-making process using slingshots and found that birds waited twice as long between attacks. CHILE An investigation of sedimentary rock cores revealed that a…