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Submitted by CaptainPeachfuzz t3_z33olo
Planet’s most unique birds at higher risk of extinction, study finds. Losing these species and the unique roles they play in the environment, such as seed dispersal, pollination and predation, could have severe consequences to the functioning of ecosystems
britishecologicalsociety.orgSubmitted by Additional-Two-7312 t3_z41i8q
Great gray owls can find and capture voles hidden beneath almost two feet of snow. Scientists buried speakers in snow to discover owls hover over the snow to locate low-pitched sounds such as voles digging tunnels, and that their broad faces help with this task.
nationalgeographic.comSubmitted by geoff199 t3_z3mzwq
A survey of people with long COVID in the Uk has found that 95% of them experienced stigma about the condition at least ‘sometimes’. The study also looked at the types of stigma people experience and found that around 63% had overt experiences of being treated unfairly due to long COVID.
scimex.orgSubmitted by MistWeaver80 t3_z46fbm
Lopsided star cluster may disprove Newton and Einstein, controversial new study claims. An uneven distribution of stars in several nearby clusters may offer evidence of MOND — a controversial theory of gravity that disputes Newton and rejects the existence of dark matter.
space.comSubmitted by nimobo t3_z2t2lk
Submitted by filosoful t3_z26cpf
Three currently circulating omicron subvariants of SARS-CoV-2 – including two that currently make up almost 50% of reported COVID-19 infections in the U.S. – are better at evading vaccine- and infection-generated neutralizing antibodies than earlier versions of omicron, new research suggests.
news.osu.eduSubmitted by memorialmonorail t3_z22fjv