India is looking to take a giant leap in its space program and solidify its place among the world's spacefaring nations with its second unmanned mission to the moon, this one aimed at landing a rover near the unexplored south ...
Space Exploration
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Besides their graceful long necks and legs, giraffes are most recognizable by their distinctive spots. Now, conservationists are concerned about a different sort of spots on giraffes, made up of dead tissue and crusty sores ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 12, 2019
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During the last few years, some of the wreckage of a U.S. Air Force plane that crashed on the Gauli Glacier in 1946 has been salvaged. Model calculations carried out by ETH researchers have now shown that it will probably ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 12, 2019
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Barcelona just had a week of temperatures above 30℃. It's a few degrees hotter than the long-term average, but no heatwave. In winter, Spain's second largest city is typically a mild 15℃ or so. With its climate regulated ...
Environment
Jul 12, 2019
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Researchers from ETH Zurich and the University of Tübingen have taken a high-resolution look at the structure and function of cell-to-cell connections in filamentous, multicellular cyanobacteria. This enables them to explain ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 12, 2019
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The Australian construction industry has grown significantly in the past two decades. Population growth has led to the need for extensive property development, better public transport and improved infrastructure. This means ...
Environment
Jul 12, 2019
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College philosophy classes may open your mind to new ways of thinking. But can they really affect how you behave?
Education
Jul 12, 2019
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Powering a massive biosphere on Earth, photosynthesis is the light-mediated reaction that converts carbon dioxide and water to carbohydrates and oxygen. About 2.3 billion years ago, this reaction led to a dramatic oxygenation ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 12, 2019
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Satellite technology has been a boon for humanity, leading to faster, clearer communications, quicker emergency responses, accurate location information, and global financial transactions. Smart devices are almost always ...
Telecom
Jul 12, 2019
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In recent years, the idea of life on other planets has become less far-fetched. NASA announced June 27 that it will send a vehicle to Saturn's icy moon Titan, a celestial body known to harbor surface lakes of methane and ...
Space Exploration
Jul 12, 2019
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