Conserving our biodiversity—priorities for well-connected protected areas
The Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission's science and knowledge service, has measured progress and shortfalls in the connectivity of protected areas in countries across the world, identifying the main priorities to sustain or improve connectivity in each country.
Source: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-biodiversitypriorities-well-connected-areas.html
Climate change and weather extremes—both heat and cold can kill
Climate change is increasing the frequency and strength of some types of extreme weather in the United States, particularly heat waves. Last summer the U.S. Southwest experienced life-threatening heat waves, which are especially dangerous for elderly people and other vulnerable populations.
Source: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-climate-weather-extremesboth-cold.html
'Dreamers' could give US economy – and even American workers – a boost
Earlier this month, hopes were high that a bipartisan deal could be reached to resolve the fate of the "Dreamers," the millions of undocumented youth who were brought to the U.S. as children.
Source: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-dreamers-economy-american-workers-boost.html
Asocial media
The incidence of abusive commentary on social media is rising. Media specialists Carsten Reinemann and Christoph Neuberger are exploring the grounds for this development, and have invited journalist Dunja Hayali to discuss the issue.
Source: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-asocial-media.html
Using electric fields to manipulate droplets on a surface could enable high-volume, low-cost biology experiments
MIT researchers have developed hardware that uses electric fields to move droplets of chemical or biological solutions around a surface, mixing them in ways that could be used to test thousands of reactions in parallel.
Source: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-electric-fields-droplets-surface-enable.html
How light pollution lures birds into urban areas during fall migration
On their fall migration south in the Northern Hemisphere, scores of birds are being lured by artificial light pollution into urban areas that may be an ecological trap, according to the University of Delaware's Jeff Buler.
Source: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-pollution-lures-birds-urban-areas.html
Source: https://phys.org/
