Astronomers discover super-Earth around Barnard's star
Astronomers have discovered a planet in orbit around one of the closest stars to the Sun, Barnard's star.
Astronomy
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Houston's urban sprawl increased rainfall, flooding during Hurricane Harvey
Houston's urban landscape directly contributed to the torrential rainfall and deadly flooding experienced during Hurricane Harvey in August 2017, according to Princeton and University of Iowa researchers. The researchers ...
Environment
Nov 14, 2018
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Tropical trees in the Andes are moving up—toward extinction
An international study led by University of Miami tropical biologists reveals that tropical trees are migrating upslope to escape climate change, but not fast enough.
Environment
Nov 14, 2018
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Climate simulations project wetter, windier hurricanes
New supercomputer simulations by climate scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have shown that climate change intensified the amount of rainfall in recent hurricanes ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 14, 2018
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Mosquito genome opens new avenues for reducing bug-borne disease
The mosquito Aedes aegypti is a powerful, plentiful species: It populates six continents, can carry deadly viruses, and bites with abandon. But until recently, its genome was in tatters.
Biotechnology
Nov 14, 2018
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Seismic study reveals huge amount of water dragged into Earth's interior
Slow-motion collisions of tectonic plates under the ocean drag about three times more water down into the deep Earth than previously estimated, according to a first-of-its-kind seismic study that spans the Mariana Trench.
Earth Sciences
Nov 14, 2018
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First phase of Brazil's particle accelerator construction completed
Brazil President Michel Temer inaugurated the opening construction phase of a particle accelerator the size of the Maracana football stadium that will be used to make advances in medicine, nutrition, archeology, electronics, ...
General Physics
Nov 14, 2018
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Volkswagen to devote 3 German plants to electric car push
German automaker Volkswagen will convert three factories in Germany to manufacture electric cars, ramping up production of zero-local emission cars ahead of tougher European emissions standards, the company said Wednesday.
Automotive
Nov 14, 2018
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Tropical Cyclone Gaja approaching Southeastern India
Tropical Cyclone Gaja continued to track toward a landfall in southeastern India when NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite flew over the Bay of Bengal and provided a visible image of the storm.
Environment
Nov 14, 2018
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Who joined the Islamic State from France between 2014 and 2016?
Radicalized French citizens who adhere to Islamic State propaganda are less likely to disengage from their beliefs if they are married men with children, and from families with married parents. This is according to Nicolas ...
Social Sciences
Nov 14, 2018
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