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Students to demonstrate smart camera trap at new engineering competition

(Phys.org) -- Forget about building a better mouse trap. University of California, San Diego sophomore Riley Yeakle and his teammates have come up with a better camera trap, and they will be facing off with ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Great Unconformity: Evidence for a geologic trigger of the Cambrian explosion

(Phys.org) -- The oceans teemed with life 600 million years ago, but the simple, soft-bodied creatures would have been hardly recognizable as the ancestors of nearly all animals on Earth today.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (19) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Antarctic salty soil sucks water out of atmosphere: Could it happen on Mars?

(PhysOrg.com) -- The frigid McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica are a cold, polar desert, yet the sandy soils there are frequently dotted with moist patches in the spring despite a lack of snowmelt and no possibility ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

The legacy of the megaflood

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ambling through the parched and scarred landscape of eastern Washington state is the 60-mile-long Grand Coulee, the largest of the stair-step canyons that give the region called the Channeled ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Airline industry split widens over EU carbon 'tax' row

A split widened within the aviation industry Tuesday over EU charges for carbon emissions, as Europe's low-cost carriers accused Chinese and US rivals of "gunboat" diplomacy against the system.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

INFLUENCE GAME: Online companies win piracy fight

(AP) -- Outspent but hardly outgunned, online and high-tech companies triggered an avalanche of Internet clicks to force Congress to shelve legislation that would curb online piracy. They outmaneuvered the ...

Technology / Internet

created Jan 22, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Group urges gov't to strictly limit chimp research

Chimpanzees should hardly ever be used for medical research, a prestigious scientific group told the government Thursday - advice that means days in the laboratory may be numbered for humans' closest relatives.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Rethinking the fall of Rome's republic

When Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon -- a river in northern Italy -- in 49 B.C., leading what was effectively his own personal army, he triggered a set of changes that resonated through the ancient world ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Baboons follow the leader to breakfast

If you're trying to drum up a crowd to go out for a drink after work, you're more likely to succeed if you're popular. Otherwise, you'll probably be going to the pub on your own.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Northern lights take unusual trip down south

A baffling solar storm pulled colorful northern lights unusually far south, surprising space weather experts.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 5


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