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[ Watch the Video ] A new study by researchers at BYU, Duke and the USDA finds that soil plays an important role in controlling the planet’s atmospheric future. The researchers set out to find how intact ecosystems are responding to increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The earth’s current atmospheric carbon dioxide is 390 parts per million, up from 260 parts per million at the start of the industrial revolution, and will likely rise to more than 500 parts per...

But in Britain workers are docile and "˜apathetic' compared with 'revolutionary' workers in SpainA new study analyzing how complex, highly-evolved societies are organized in nature has found that it is workers that play a pivotal role in creating well-ordered societies where conflict is minimized.For when it comes to determining who reproduces in ants, University of Leicester biologists have found the humble worker is queenmaker "“ it is they who choose their queen.This information is key...