The origin of SARS-CoV-2 remains a mystery. One theory is that the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 was transmitted from animals to humans—a fairly common occurrence. Another is that it came from a laboratory accident—a ...
Other
Oct 13, 2021
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The latest round of United Nations climate talks in Poland in December sought to get the world on track to meet the 2015 Paris Agreement's long-term goal of keeping global warming well below two degrees Celsius. Toward that ...
Environment
Feb 4, 2019
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Summer is here with a vengeance. On hot days it's very likely something in the power system will break and cause someone to lose power. And the weather bureau expects this summer to be hotter and drier than average – so ...
Economics & Business
Jan 16, 2019
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A report by the WWF published on October 30 reveals how our actions are degrading the natural world – the very basis on which our livelihood depends. The Living Planet Report 2018 shows that between 1970 and 2014, vertebrate ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 1, 2018
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Is it possible to predict whether someone will commit a crime some time in the future? It sounds like an idea from the 2002 science-fiction movie Minority Report.
Social Sciences
Aug 2, 2016
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) today announced that authors of manuscripts posted on its preprint server bioRxiv can now submit their papers directly to several leading research journals, avoiding the need for reloading ...
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Jan 15, 2016
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A new Tesla electric car has earned the best-ever vehicle rating from Consumer Reports, sending shares of the automaker racing higher Thursday.
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 27, 2015
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The severe flooding that devastated a wide swath of Colorado last year might have been less destructive if the bridges, roads and other infrastructure had been upgraded or modernized, according to a new study from the University ...
Engineering
Oct 29, 2014
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A German magazine lifted the lid on the operations of the National Security Agency's hacking unit Sunday, reporting that American spies intercept computer deliveries, exploit hardware vulnerabilities, and even hijack Microsoft's ...
Internet
Dec 29, 2013
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Car buyers increasingly want high-tech features like voice recognition and navigation. But they're not very forgiving of the car company when those systems fail.
Business
Jun 19, 2013
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