More than six years after the demise of Silk Road, the world's first major drug cryptomarket, the dark web is still home to a thriving trade in illicit drugs.
Social Sciences
Mar 5, 2020
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The human brain, fed on just the calorie input of a modest diet, easily outperforms state-of-the-art supercomputers powered by full-scale station energy inputs. The difference stems from the multiple states of brain processes ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 5, 2020
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DNA in a cell is comparable to tangled spaghetti strands on a plate. To be able to divide DNA neatly between the two daughter cells during cell division, the cell organises this tangle into tightly packed chromosomes. A protein ...
Biotechnology
Mar 5, 2020
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There is no vaccine or specific treatment for COVID-19, the disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, or SARS-CoV-2.
Bio & Medicine
Mar 5, 2020
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Most of us have felt offended at a remark made by a close friend or a random comment on our social media. Even worse, the chances are that we have experienced the shock of hearing that others were offended by our comments—despite ...
Social Sciences
Mar 5, 2020
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3
A team of researchers from Universidad de Buenos Aires, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales and the University of Münster accurately estimated the size of a white-tipped plantcutter bird by studying nothing but its song. ...
Sometimes, you need to leave home to understand it. For Stanford planetary geologist Mathieu Lapôtre, "home" encompasses the entire Earth.
Earth Sciences
Mar 5, 2020
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The presence of a large audience boosts enjoyment, but it takes just a few haters to ruin a TV show or movie, according to a study of social television, the practice of simultaneously watching television programs while seeing ...
Social Sciences
Mar 5, 2020
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Researchers from The University of Western Australia's Institute of Agriculture and University of Edinburgh's Roslin Institute have discovered that high levels of genetic diversity and dominant genes in grain crops such as ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 5, 2020
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Women's advancement in most science disciplines has risen during this century, but that has not proven true for the field of economics.
Economics & Business
Mar 5, 2020
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