Today's round-up of science stories. Links are normally to press releases on EurekAlert. I include quotes from the summary in cases where the title alone doesn't reveal what the story is about:
conservation
Australian study into how seals react to boats prompts new ecotourism regulations
environment
Health checkups for alpine lakes
Climate change is putting wildlife at risk in the world's oldest lake
- specifically this is about diatoms in Lake Baikal
evolution
Newborn insects trapped in amber show first evidence of how to crack an egg
Hidden cradle of early plant evolution discovered in the Middle East
Several new plant fossils from present-day Jordan push back the ages of important seed plant lineages, suggesting these lineages survived the mass extinction event at the end of the Permian.
The idiosyncratic mammalian diversification after extinction of the dinosaurs
Spectacular flying reptiles soared over Britain's tropical Jurassic past
life on the edge
Himalayan marmot genome offers clues to life at extremely high altitudes
Image: Yuanqing Tao
nanoworld
Researchers make world's smallest tic-tac-toe game board with DNA
Quantum Maxwell's demon 'teleports' entropy out of a qubit
I find it slightly worrying when thought experiments spring to life. Soon they'll be breeding Schroedinger's cats :)
plant science
Genetic study reveals how citrus became the Med's favorite squeeze
Genetic detective work has illuminated the important role of Jewish culture in the widespread adoption of citrus fruit by early Mediterranean societies.
technology
Network orchestration: SLU researcher uses music to manage networks
sounds interesting.
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