Offbeat: Indigenous fire practice protecting the Gibson Desert’s biodiversity —

Traditional indigenous burning practices are protecting plant biodiversity in Australia's Gibson Desert, according to University of Queensland research. The study analysed how environments dominated...

Offbeat: Guidelines for a standardized data format for use in cross-linguistic studies —

An international team of researchers, members of the Cross-Linguistic Data Formats Initiative (CLDF) led by the Max Planck Institute for the Science of...

Offbeat: Use of organophosphates has lessened, but risks to early brain development still too...

Public health experts have found there is sufficient evidence that prenatal exposure to widely used insecticides known as organophosphates puts children at risk...

Offbeat: Solar geoengineering could reduce temperatures and heat stress, but also reduces photosynthesis —

Injecting particles into the atmosphere to cool the planet and counter the warming effects of climate change would do nothing to offset the...

Offbeat: A historic peace treaty which brought an end to half a century of...

A historic peace treaty which brought an end to half a century of violence has led to mass deforestation in Colombia, scientists have...

Offbeat: ‘Ambidextrous’ robots could dramatically speed e-commerce —

E-commerce continues to expand and achieved new levels during the recent holiday season. To rapidly fulfill the enormous volume and variety of orders,...

Offbeat: Myth of Mona Lisa’s magical gaze debunked —

In science, the "Mona Lisa Effect" refers to the impression that the eyes of the person portrayed in an image seem to follow...

Offbeat: Act strongly before 2035 to keep warming below 2°C —

If governments don't act decisively by 2035 to fight climate change, humanity could cross a point of no return after which limiting global...

Offbeat: Better labor practices could improve archaeological output —

Archaeological excavation has, historically, operated in a very hierarchical structure, according to archaeologist Allison Mickel. The history of the enterprise is deeply entangled...

Offbeat: Energy innovation necessary to overcome biggest zero emissions challenges —

Carbon dioxide emissions from human activities must approach zero within several decades to avoid risking grave damage from the effects of climate change....

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