Video: Tracking ice with Sentinel-1B
On April 22, the European Space Agency ESA will launch the Sentinel-1B satellite on top of a Soyuz rocket from Kourou, French Guiana.
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Thriving B.C. forests outpace pine-beetle CO2 losses by 2020
In a rare bit of good climate change news, scientists have found that trees are growing faster in British Columbia due to global warming, and this is starting to counter the carbon-loss impacts of the province's devastating ...
Environment
Apr 12, 2016
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NRL engineers to lead payload development for robotic servicing of geosynchronous satellites
With its newly announced Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) plans to field an on-orbit satellite servicing vehicle that would transform U.S. ...
Space Exploration
Apr 12, 2016
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Do your politics make you happy?
U.S. election fever is running hotter than ever, and the presidential candidates are busy making big promises, hoping to convince voters that their approach is best.
Social Sciences
Apr 12, 2016
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What can we learn from the farming insects?
Farming evolved independently in humans at least nine times. The practice was among the innovations that enabled complex civilizations to develop. But we weren't the first species to raise our own food: various leafcutter ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 12, 2016
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A 3,800-year journey from classroom to classroom
Thirty-eight hundred years ago, on the hot river plains of what is now southern Iraq, a Babylonian student did a bit of schoolwork that changed our understanding of ancient mathematics. The student scooped up a palm-sized ...
Archaeology
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To exit prostitution, courts and safety are key
Raped as a child, Gwen cycled in and out of jail and sex work for more than 30 years, abusing drugs and battling anorexia.
Social Sciences
Apr 12, 2016
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Single-molecule sequencing technology assists microbial DNA methylation study
Researchers sequenced 230 diverse archaeal and bacterial genomes to learn more about the roles DNA methylation plays in prokaryotes.
Biotechnology
Apr 12, 2016
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Cutting quality control costs down to size
Roll forming is an effective way to produce continuous strips of metal with a complex, constant profile. A family-owned company in Bavaria, data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH, is changing approaches to roll forming quality ...
Engineering
Apr 12, 2016
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Effective nature conservation requires a focus on species and people
Protecting the habitats of wildlife such as meadow birds is a moral obligation that must be taken on by a rich country like the Netherlands. Otherwise, birds that have made their home here for millions of years will die out. ...
Ecology
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