When it comes to water conservation in cities that depend on wastewater reuse, even the best intentions can have unintended consequences.
Environment
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The fight against COVID-19 has been equated to a war by some political leaders. While the analogy is appealing, Charles Maier, Leverett Saltonstall Research Professor of History at Harvard University and Minda de Gunzburg ...
Social Sciences
May 13, 2020
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A scientific article out of the University of Otago's Department of Zoology is calling for an end to the seemingly unkillable "nature versus nurture' debate, which the authors say creates damaging sways in the public's view ...
Evolution
May 13, 2020
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An overwhelming majority of people in the United States support restricting or suspending in-person religious services during the COVID-19 outbreak, according to a new poll from the University of Chicago Divinity School and ...
Social Sciences
May 13, 2020
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Non-invasive color analysis of cells could one day be used in diagnostics, a proof-of-concept study has shown.
Cell & Microbiology
May 13, 2020
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Not a spacesuit but a SCAPE suit—standing for "Self Contained Atmospheric Protective Ensemble." Technicians don these suits before filling satellites with the toxic hydrazine fuel used for maneuvers in space. This one was ...
Space Exploration
May 13, 2020
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Earth-based experiments on iron-sulfur alloys thought to comprise the core of Mars reveal details about the planet's seismic properties for the first time. This information will be compared to observations made by Martian ...
Space Exploration
May 13, 2020
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Fossil footprints discovered nearly 80 years ago in a sandstone quarry at Berowra have been identified as the traces of a four-legged animal swimming in a river nearly a quarter of a billion years ago.
Archaeology
May 13, 2020
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The widespread success of marine thaumarchaea arises largely from their ability to convert trace concentrations of ammonia to nitrite, which gives them energy to fix carbon and produce new biomass in the absence of light. ...
Earth Sciences
May 13, 2020
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A team of researchers at the University of Göttingen has developed an innovative software program for the simulation of breeding programs. The Modular Breeding Program Simulator (MoBPS) enables the simulation of highly complex ...
Plants & Animals
May 13, 2020
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