Scientists in Thailand are digging caves to capture bats in an attempt to trace the origin of the coronavirus. The research team climbed a hill to set up nets at Sai Yok National Park in the western province of Kanchanaburiand to catch about 200 batons from three different caves, according …
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Civilization 6 is now on Android and it has a great free trial
Storied strategy game Civilization 6 is now available on Android devices. The Android version comes with the same free trial period as the versions of the iPhone and iPad already released in 2018. You can play the game for 60 turns in the game – which is quite a long …
Read More »Dunkin ‘, Starbucks launches Pumpkin Spice season early 2020
Dunkin ‘launches its drop menu – including its Pumpkin Spice Latte – on August 19, sooner than ever before. Starbucks internal documents indicate that the chain plans to launch its Pumpkin Spice Latte on August 25, significantly earlier than last year. Dunkin’s head of marketing said the chain will return …
Read More »Mauritius Oil Spill: An Environmental Safety Alarm Clock | Environment
It’s a ship captain’s worst nightmare – the sick accident and the ear-splitting, grinding crescendo when your ship runs aground. That was the fate of the MV Wakashio, as it ran on July 25 in Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. No human lives were lost, but the environmental consequences have …
Read More »Carbon loss of soil through experimental warming in a tropical forest
1 Jackson, RB et al. The Ecology of Soil Carbon: Pools, Vulnerability, and Biotic and Abiotic Controls. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst. 48, 419–445 (2017). Google Scholar 2 Ciais, P. et al. in Climate change 2013: The basis of physical science. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Review …
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