Give me your Christian, your female, your English-speaking with a good education? While not the words on the Statue of Liberty, these seem to be the kinds of refugees that the American public prefers—according to a new ...
Social Sciences
Oct 10, 2019
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Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that is being added to the atmosphere through both natural processes and human activities, such as energy production and agriculture.
Environment
Oct 8, 2019
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Why is there so much talk about storing CO2 underground? Doesn't it cost more than it's worth? Here we provide the research scientists' answers and explanations of why CCS is climate technology that we are completely dependent ...
Environment
Oct 8, 2019
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Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute now, for the first time, feed the results from their global models directly into the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change database. The data is particularly interesting because ...
Environment
Sep 6, 2019
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An Australian voyage retracing part of the historic first International Indian Ocean Expedition expects to reveal the effects of climate change on the physics, chemistry and biology of the waters of the south-east Indian ...
Earth Sciences
May 2, 2019
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Surveys show that on issue after issue, women are more liberal than men, save for one: Men are more likely than women to support the legalization of marijuana.
Social Sciences
Apr 16, 2019
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Research scientists led by the University of Kent have uncovered hidden diversity within a type of frog found only in the Seychelles, showing that those on each island have their own distinct lineage.
Plants & Animals
Apr 11, 2019
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Climate change is a chronic challenge – it is here now, and will be with us throughout this century and beyond. As the U.S. government's National Climate Assessment report made clear, it's already affecting people throughout ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 5, 2019
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Artificial Intelligence is transforming our world, sometimes in ways that its creators did not intend. In Wellcome Data Labs we are developing a new method of applying approaches from the social sciences to the way AI algorithms ...
Computer Sciences
Mar 21, 2019
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Young scientists from ITMO University proposed a new type of optical nano-sensors. Their operating principle is based on the interaction of light in thin films: a similar effect can be observed in soap bubbles. Such sensors ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 5, 2019
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