Microsoft wants Windows to open into mixed reality
Microsoft is out to use Windows software to do for altered reality what it did for personal computers: make them commonplace.
Software
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Beijing's smoke busters point the way for national ban
Wielding an "inspector" badge, volunteer Liu Li follows his nose as he sniffs out violators of China's toughest-ever tobacco control law, enacted a year ago on Wednesday, as Beijing fights to keep its air smoke free.
Environment
Jun 1, 2016
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Shock as Honduras national park cleared to halt bugs
A massive bug infestation and cut-down of pine trees in a national park in Honduras has stunned residents and sparked a warning from experts that a localized spike in temperatures will ensue.
Ecology
Jun 1, 2016
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Renewable energy sources grew at record pace in 2015: study
Developing countries spent more on renewable power than rich ones for the first time last year, driving the fastest increase in sources of green energy on record, a study said Wednesday.
Energy & Green Tech
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Aerial surveys document ocean debris around Hawaii
A study of the eight main Hawaiian Islands shows that ocean debris regularly accumulates around the archipelago, and that most of it is not linked to the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, state officials said Tuesday.
Earth Sciences
Jun 1, 2016
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Elephants in Tanzania reserve could be wiped out by 2022
Elephants in Tanzania's sprawling Selous Game Reserve could be wiped out within six years if poaching continues at current levels, the World Wildlife Fund warned.
Ecology
Jun 1, 2016
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The deadly toxin acrolein has a useful biological role
Scientists from RIKEN in Japan have discovered that acrolein—a toxic substance produced in cells during times of oxidative stress—in fact may play a role in preventing the process of fibrillation, an abnormal clumping ...
Biochemistry
Jun 1, 2016
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Uncovering the purpose of birds' extra fat
Ornithologists have long wondered why some birds carry more fat than they need to fuel their migration, and a new study in The Auk: Ornithological Advances provides the answer: Leftover fuel from spring migration gives female ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 1, 2016
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Shifting bird distribution indicates a changing Arctic
Shifts in the distribution of Spectacled Eiders, a predatory bird at the top of the Bering Sea's benthic food web, indicate possible changes in the Arctic's marine ecosystem, according to new research in The Condor: Ornithological ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 1, 2016
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