Dolphins follow the trawlers
New research has shown that dolphins offshore of Western Australia's Pilbara coast are following fishing trawlers to feed on injured or discarded fish.
Ecology
Jul 11, 2017
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From solid to liquid and back again
You can easily walk across the sand on a beach. But step into a ball pit, and chances are you'll fall right through.
Condensed Matter
Jul 11, 2017
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Spaceborne data for monitoring mosquitos in the name of public health
It's a simple tactic in mosquito combat—find out where the little bloodsuckers are headed and cut them off at the pass. An online system is using NASA data to do just that.
Space Exploration
Jul 11, 2017
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Cleaning up toxic sites shouldn't clear out the neighbors
San Francisco has embarked on a project to transform its industrial southeast waterfront into a bike-friendly destination called the Blue Greenway. When completed, the Blue Greenway will be a 13-mile network of parks, bike ...
Environment
Jul 11, 2017
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Many schools now urge kids to bring their own screens
Got your own laptop or tablet? Bring it to class, many schools now say.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 11, 2017
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British Asian students more likely to receive negative media coverage
Media outlets continue to differentiate between British East Asian students and East Asian students in the UK education system, portraying the former in a negative, undesirable light, a new study in the Journal of Ethnic ...
Social Sciences
Jul 11, 2017
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Crystals help volcanoes cope with pressure
University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers have discovered that volcanoes have a unique way of dealing with pressure—through crystals.
Earth Sciences
Jul 11, 2017
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New algorithms extract biological structure from limited data
Understanding the 3D molecular structure of important nanoobjects like proteins and viruses is crucial in biology and medicine. With recent advances in X-ray technology, scientists can now collect diffraction images from ...
General Physics
Jul 11, 2017
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Ancient Greek theaters used moveable stages more than 2,000 years ago
An investigation by an architectural researcher from Kumamoto University, Japan has revealed the high possibility that a wooden stage existed in the theater of the ancient Greek City of Messene during the Greek Classical ...
Archaeology
Jul 11, 2017
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Give and take—credentials could aid panhandling
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio recently said on a radio show that he would like to ban panhandling but wouldn't try because the courts wouldn't allow it. Many panhandlers "are not particularly in need and just are finding ...
Social Sciences
Jul 11, 2017
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