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Glaciers withdraw, small life forms appear
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Glaciers withdraw, small life forms appear

The research team at the University of Colorado in Boulder worked at an altitude of 16,400 minutes in the Andes, Peru discovered how the barren, inert land after the col…

December 18, 2018
Dolphins flirt with their mates with ... trash
Oceanography

Dolphins flirt with their mates with ... trash

A South American water dolphin uses dry branches, moss and clay to attract mates and threatens opponents. British and Brazilian researchers observed male dolphins within…

December 17, 2018
Revitalizing frozen moss 400 years
Biology

Revitalizing frozen moss 400 years

After four centuries of immobile nature in a refrigerator, ancient plants once again awakened thanks to the work of Canadian experts.

December 17, 2018
Mosses can make healing proteins
Biology

Mosses can make healing proteins

ETH Zurich researchers show that mosses and humans have unexpected general characteristics. These evolutionary relics can be useful in making therapeutic proteins.

December 17, 2018
Moss - super food for hunger
Biology

Moss - super food for hunger

The Physcomitrella moss still retains its primitive appearance, bearing similarities to the first plants that appeared on land about 450 million years ago. Only with a v…

December 17, 2018