New research provides mathematical evidence that Michelangelo used the Golden Ratio of 1.6 when painting The Creation of Adam on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The Golden Ratio is found when you divide a line into two ...
Plants & Animals
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California-grown almonds dominate the global market, providing over 80% of the world's commercial almonds. Two new articles published in the Journal of Industrial Ecology examine the environmental impacts of California's ...
Environment
Jul 20, 2015
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Researchers are developing instruments and methods for measuring the ages of rocks encountered during space missions to the Moon or other planets. Many of the techniques used to date rocks on Earth are not practical in spaceflight, ...
Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2015
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A co-founder of the defunct music streaming service Grooveshark has been found dead at his Florida home.
Internet
Jul 20, 2015
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The SpaceX Falcon 9 explosion was caused by a failed strut that allowed a helium bottle to burst free inside the rocket's liquid oxygen tank, CEO Elon Musk said Monday.
Space Exploration
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Both prescription and illegal drugs that are abused have been found in Canadian surface waters. New research shows that wastewater discharges flowing downstream have the potential to contaminate sources of drinking water ...
Environment
Jul 20, 2015
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July 20, 2015 - Biofilms are tough, opportunistic, highly antibiotic resistant bacterial coatings that form on catheters and on medical devices implanted within the body. University of Maryland investigators have now shown ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 20, 2015
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The following are the main obstacles in the UN climate talks, according to a background paper issued for a 45-nation meeting that began in Paris on Monday.
Environment
Jul 20, 2015
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Automakers and researchers say a new simulated city at the University of Michigan could help speed the development of driverless and connected cars.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 20, 2015
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Cutting-edge technology has for the first time allowed scholars to read the most ancient Hebrew scroll found since the Dead Sea Scrolls, Israeli and US experts said on Monday.
Archaeology
Jul 20, 2015
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