A study shows that one poor night of sleep has same effect on blood sugar as eating a high-fat diet for six months. Plastic rubbish travels to Arctic waters posing threats to wildlife in the area. “100,000 birds are annually”, poisoned by lead. US scientists reveal spiders can be identified by the DNA left on…
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[su_box title=”New in science” box_color=”#2D2D73″ radius=”0″]Every fortnight Concrete brings you the latest in science, in brief.[/su_box] New findings from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter provide evidence that liquid water flows on present-day Mars. Sceintists believe dark striping observed on Mars are due to flowing water. Suggestion of liquid water on the surface of Mars has implications for the…
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Pollution linked to tumours in sea turtles
A recent study has found that pollution from urban and farm runoff is causing lethal tumours in endangered sea turtles. The study, based in Hawaii, shows that nitrogen in runoff waters is leading to Fibropapillomatosis – the leading known cause of death in green turtles. Fibropapillomatosis, specific to sea turtles, is a disease characterized by…
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