Germany returns 3,000-year-old wooden Olmec busts to Mexico
Mexico says German authorities have returned two rare, wooden Olmec sculptures over 3,000 years old.
Archaeology
Mar 20, 2018
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UK firm in Facebook row suspends CEO amid fresh revelations
Cambridge Analytica, the British firm at the centre of a major scandal rocking Facebook, suspended its chief executive Alexander Nix Tuesday, as he became embroiled in fresh controversy and lawmakers on both sides of the ...
Internet
Mar 20, 2018
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Google boosts efforts to help news organizations, with $300 mn
Google on Tuesday launched a new initiative, committing $300 million to help news publishers get more paid subscribers while stemming the flow of misinformation.
Internet
Mar 20, 2018
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Breaking up with Facebook? It's harder than it looks
Facebook's latest privacy scandal, involving Trump campaign consultants who allegedly stole data on tens of millions of users in order to influence elections, has some people reconsidering their relationship status with the ...
Internet
Mar 20, 2018
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Marine researchers say recent sea star wasting disease epidemic defies prediction
Beginning in 2013, a mysterious disease crippled sea star populations up and down the U.S. west coast. Over a matter of months, many sea star species died in record-breaking numbers, though Pisaster ochraceus—a keystone ...
Ecology
Mar 20, 2018
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Researchers improve fabrication process of nano-structures for electronic devices
Researchers at RIT have found a more efficient fabricating process to produce semiconductors used in today's electronic devices. They also confirmed that materials other than silicon can be used successfully in the development ...
Nanophysics
Mar 20, 2018
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What plants can teach us about oil spill clean-up and microfluidics
For years, scientists have been inspired by nature to innovate solutions to tricky problems, even oil spills—manmade disasters with devastating environmental and economic consequences. A new USC study takes a cue from leaf ...
Materials Science
Mar 20, 2018
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First population-scale sequencing project explores platypus history
The platypus is the ultimate evolutionary mashup of birds, reptiles and mammals. The iconic, egg-laying, venom producing, duck-billed platypus first had its genome sequenced in 2008, revealing its unique genetic makeup and ...
Evolution
Mar 20, 2018
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Foxconn selects general contractor, engineering consultants
Foxconn Technology Group has selected some key companies to begin building its massive flat screen manufacturing complex in Racine County, the Taiwanese company announced Tuesday.
Business
Mar 20, 2018
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A method for predicting the impact of global warming on disease
Scientists have devised a method for predicting how rising global temperatures are likely to affect the severity of diseases mediated by parasites. Their method can be applied widely to different host-pathogen combinations ...
Ecology
Mar 20, 2018
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