More than 100 countries don't keep accurate counts of births and deaths. More than 70 don't have robust data on poverty. There's a dearth of accurate, comparable figures on the number of disabled children in almost every ...
Other
Jan 11, 2017
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Members of a special Massachusetts commission are promising to keep open minds as they study whether the state should observe daylight savings time throughout the year.
Earth Sciences
Jan 11, 2017
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A self-driving electric shuttle built by French firm NAVYA began a one-week stint in Las Vegas, in a US first.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 11, 2017
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Rhinos signal gender, age, and sexual availability in their poo, said a study Wednesday which suggested mammals may use communal dung heaps as social networking sites.
Plants & Animals
Jan 11, 2017
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Greater Sage-Grouse depend on large, intact tracts of the sagebrush habitat. Current sage-grouse conservation plans focus on protecting selected "priority areas," but these areas vary in size and proximity to each other—will ...
Ecology
Jan 11, 2017
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Astronomers led by David Sobral and Jorryt Matthee, of the Universities of Lancaster in the UK and Leiden in the Netherlands have discovered giant halos around early Milky Way type galaxies, made of photons (elementary particles ...
Astronomy
Jan 11, 2017
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If you had a company that manufactured valuable ingredients for chemicals like detergens or paint, you would probably like to produce the ingredients in large quantities, sustainably, and at a low cost. That's what researchers ...
Biotechnology
Jan 11, 2017
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Phage therapy, which exploits the ability of certain viruses to infect and replicate within bacteria, shows promise for treating antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 11, 2017
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A new study has found that trees worldwide develop thicker bark when they live in fire-prone areas. The findings suggest that bark thickness could help predict which forests and savannas will survive a warmer climate in which ...
Ecology
Jan 11, 2017
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