A high school ethnic studies course examining the roles of race, nationality and culture on identity and experience boosted attendance and academic performance of students at risk of dropping out, a new study by scholars ...
Social Sciences
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This timelapse video shows teams from ESA and Airbus Defence and Space (the prime contractor for LISA Pathfinder) carrying out a simulation of the commissioning of the LISA Technology Package, the scientific heart of the ...
Space Exploration
Jan 13, 2016
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An interior view of a launch tower for suborbital rockets at Esrange, near Kiruna in Sweden. ESA launches sounding rockets from here to run experiments in microgravity as they climb to heights of 270 km before returning to ...
Space Exploration
Jan 13, 2016
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Morality is not rooted in religion and religion matters less for moral values now than it did 30 years ago, says a University of Manchester researcher.
Social Sciences
Jan 13, 2016
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A new method of analysing crime statistics finds that violent crime in England and Wales is increasing, not decreasing.
Social Sciences
Jan 13, 2016
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An international study led by University of Queensland researchers has challenged a long-held idea about how mammals evolved more sensitive hearing than reptiles.
Plants & Animals
Jan 13, 2016
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Can dogs tell when we are happy, sad or angry? As a dog owner, I feel confident not only that I can tell what kind of emotional state my pets are in, but also that they respond to my emotions. Yet as a hard-headed scientist, ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 13, 2016
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It is easy to forget just how large Saturn is, at around 10 times the diameter of Earth. And with a diameter of about 72,400 miles (116,500 kilometers), the planet simply dwarfs its retinue of moons. One of those satellites, ...
Space Exploration
Jan 13, 2016
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The world's largest connected radio telescope is about to become even bigger! LOFAR, the Low Frequency Array, will expand into Ireland in 2016. This is not only great news for Irish astrophysics, but also for the International ...
Astronomy
Jan 13, 2016
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Features on dwarf planet Ceres that piqued the interest of scientists throughout 2015 stand out in exquisite detail in the latest images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, which recently reached its lowest-ever altitude at Ceres.
Space Exploration
Jan 13, 2016
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