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توصلت دراسة جديدة إلى تفسير علمي لظاهرة تحكم النصف الأيسر من الدماغ في الجانب الأيمن من الجسم، والعكس، وقال الباحثون إن جذور هذا التنظيم العصبي للمخ تعود إلى أكثر من 500 مليون عام، حين تطورت الأنظمة البصرية لدى أسلاف الفقاريات.
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China’s carbon emissions fell by 3.1 percent in Q3, influenced by disruptions from the Middle East conflict, according to a report by the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air.
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The world’s coral reef ecosystems almost all face a high risk of collapse in the next 50 years, mostly due to warming oceans and heat waves, according to a global assessment released Thursday. It's the latest dose of bad news for coral reefs, which are critical sources for seafood and tourism and often serve as buffers from coastal erosion and storms. Sometimes dubbed “rainforests of the sea,” they have some of the world’s richest biodiversity. They support a quarter of marine species as well as coastal communities and businesses.
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The ʻakiapōlāʻau has no need for a toolbox. The endangered Hawaiian bird taps the wood of trees, hacks into it with the lower half of its unusual beak, then switches to its long, flexible upper bill to probe the hole for insect larvae to eat. New research provides the most comprehensive look yet at this Hawaiian honeycreeper's unique anatomy, showing that when the bird strikes the wood, even its legs get involved in the action.
