NASA's Curiosity Mars rover today completes its second Martian year since landing inside Gale Crater nearly four Earth years ago, which means it has recorded environmental patterns through two full cycles of Martian seasons.
Space Exploration
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Artisanal interpretation of ceramics from the Bronze Age shows that a nine-year-old child could be a highly skilled artisan. This was one of the discoveries presented in a new thesis from Lund University in Sweden. The thesis ...
Archaeology
May 12, 2016
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Dwarf planets tend to be a mysterious bunch. With the exception of Ceres, which resides in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, all members of this class of minor planets in our solar system lurk in the depths ...
Space Exploration
May 12, 2016
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New research from University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers shows birds may be avoiding habitats near noisy highways because they can't hear fellow birds' alarms that warn them of attacking ...
Plants & Animals
May 12, 2016
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Trainee teachers with northern accents are under pressure to speak 'the Queen's English' in the classroom, according to a study carried out at The University of Manchester.
Social Sciences
May 12, 2016
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Attosecond light pulses in the extreme ultraviolet have drawn a great deal of attention due to their ability to interrogate electronic dynamics in real time. Nevertheless, to follow charge dynamics and excitations in materials, ...
General Physics
May 12, 2016
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Engineer Fabienne Sallaberry has calculated the losses sustained by solar thermal collectors, devices that convert the sun's energy into useful heat, when one of their components is not correctly focusing direct solar radiation. ...
Energy & Green Tech
May 12, 2016
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Many cancers could be successfully treated if the patient consulted a doctor sufficiently early. But how can a developing cancer be detected if it doesn't cause any symptoms? In the near future, suitably early diagnosis could ...
Materials Science
May 12, 2016
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A social media network created to connect neighbors in online communities said it is changing how members can report suspicious activity after a group complained the website was being used for racial profiling.
Internet
May 12, 2016
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Bryce Lundberg is elated, which is saying a lot for a California farmer these days.
Other
May 12, 2016
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