Researchers have uncovered more information about the numbers and habits of killer whales in south Western Australian waters, with a Curtin University study providing the first baseline assessment of the species' occupancy ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 25, 2020
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Polynyas—areas of open water with reduced ice cover that persists—in the Antarctic play an important role in regional atmosphere-ice-ocean interactions and are considered to help generate the global deep ocean conveyer ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 20, 2020
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Using archives of satellite imaging data, a study in Frontiers in Earth Science has conducted the most in-depth study of China's intertidal wetlands to date and found a 37.62% decrease in area between 1970 and 2015.
Earth Sciences
Feb 14, 2020
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A new easy-to-read guide, '10 New Insights in Climate Science' has been presented to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's Executive Secretary, Patricia Espinosa, at the COP25 climate conference.
Earth Sciences
Dec 9, 2019
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NASA has selected two proposals to demonstrate small satellite technologies to improve science observations in deep space, which could help NASA develop better models to predict space weather events that can affect astronauts ...
Space Exploration
Aug 16, 2019
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A new study could hold the key to learning languages, teaching children colors or even studying complex theories.
Education
Jul 24, 2019
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Edge Hill University's robot, Robbie, has become a soap fan after watching episodes of popular UK drama Emmerdale to learn about dementia.
Robotics
Feb 8, 2019
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Citizen science is a boon for researchers, providing reams of data about everything from animal species to distant galaxies.
Ecology
Jan 28, 2019
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NASA's Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) instrument powered on and opened its cover to scan the Earth for the first time, resulting in a "first light" image of the Western Hemisphere in the ultraviolet. ...
Space Exploration
Sep 18, 2018
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), at Mars since 2006, put itself into a precautionary standby mode on Feb. 15 in response to sensing an unexpectedly low battery voltage.
Space Exploration
Feb 19, 2018
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