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Similar to humans, elephants also vary what they eat for dinner every night

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A detailed analysis of the dietary habits of elephants showed surprising variation from meal to meal, which could have important ramifications for wildlife protection and conservation strategies.

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Migrant orangutans learn which foods are good to eat by watching the locals

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By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer An unflanged migrant orangutan male (on the left side) and an adolescent local orangutan female (on the right side) are peering at each other. Orangutan species: Pongo abelii. Image credit: Caroline Schuppli, SUAQ Project, [link] Researchers analyzed 30 years of observations on a total of 152 male migrant orangutans on Sumatra and Borneo and showed evidence that migrants learn about unfamiliar foods in their new home range by ‘peering’ at experienced

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Can AI Help with Disaster Preparation Technology?

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Last year, the World Meteorological Association reported that AI technology is playing an increasingly more important role in disaster management. It is easy to see why this is an important topic of conversation in 2023. Climate change, the pandemic and a number of other factors have caused the number of disasters to increase significantly in recent years.

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Frontiers ebook releases: July 2023

Frontiers

Download the top ebook releases from this month, including work on smart food for sustainable food systems , insights into computational sociolinguistics , findings on the collapse of avian biodiversity in the Anthropocene , and research on the future of energy efficiency. All ebooks are free to download, share and distribute. Shape the future of your field — and publish your own ebook — by editing a special collection around your research area.

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Apex predator of the Cambrian likely sought soft over crunchy prey

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Biomechanical studies on the arachnid-like front 'legs' of an extinct apex predator show that the 2-foot (60-centimeter) marine animal Anomalocaris canadensis was likely much weaker than once assumed. One of the largest animals to live during the Cambrian, it was probably agile and fast, darting after soft prey in the open water rather than pursuing hard-shelled creatures on the ocean floor.

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Meet a team of scientists working to prevent interplanetary pollution that could pose a threat to life on Earth and other planets

Frontiers

By Dr Athena Coustenis (CNRS, Paris University), Mr Niklas Hedman (UN Office for Outer Space Affairs), and Prof Peter Doran (University of Louisiana) As the search for life elsewhere in our solar system intensifies, so does the need to keep space exploration safe and sustainable. Planetary protection is, more than ever, a major responsibility for humankind.

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