With the recent election of Donald Trump as president-elect of the US it may not seem like it, but gender equality has steadily increased in the country over the last few decades. Common explanations for this include things ...
Social Sciences
Nov 15, 2016
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Wind energy has been remarkably successful in providing an increasing share of cheap renewable energy. But can this trend continue to supply more and more renewable energy for decades to come? A new study published by scientists ...
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 15, 2016
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In spite of almost no growth in emissions, the growth in atmospheric CO2 concentration was at a record-high in 2015 and could be a record high again in 2016, at 23 and 25 Gt CO2 per year, respectively, compared to an average ...
Environment
Nov 15, 2016
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Scientists at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a portable and wearable terahertz scanning device using arrays of carbon nanotubes for non-invasive inspection of three-dimensional objects without requiring ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 15, 2016
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Self-driving cars soon will hit the road in South Korea as the country seeks to overtake other nations that have sped ahead with automated driving technology.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 15, 2016
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Efforts to save the Florida panther may have broken through a longtime barrier: a female cat appears to have forged the Caloosahatchee River to stake out new territory to the north.
Plants & Animals
Nov 15, 2016
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Researchers from the University of Oxford have identified a small neural circuit in male fruit flies that has evolved to allow them to perform the complex mating ritual.
Plants & Animals
Nov 15, 2016
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The Army Corps of Engineers on Monday said it has finished a review of the disputed Dakota Access pipeline but wants more study and tribal input before deciding whether to allow it to cross under a Missouri River reservoir ...
Environment
Nov 15, 2016
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Google's search engine highlighted an inaccurate story claiming that President-elect Donald Trump won the popular vote in last week's election, the latest example of bogus information spread by the internet's gatekeepers.
Internet
Nov 15, 2016
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Pangolin Mi Bo has seen better days. He arrived at a rescue centre in Vietnam missing a paw after it was cut off in a snare trap.
Ecology
Nov 15, 2016
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