Q&A: Change to fuel economy standards could impact consumers
President Donald Trump plans to re-examine federal fuel economy requirements for new cars and trucks.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 15, 2017
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Study: Stopping global warming only way to save coral reefs
Reducing pollution and curbing overfishing won't prevent the severe bleaching that is killing coral at catastrophic rates, according to a study of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. In the end, researchers say, the only way ...
Environment
Mar 15, 2017
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Why CEOs of failing companies jump ship... or don't
It's a common scenario in the corporate world. A company begins to fail, and before long the CEO is out the door. Sometimes the person is asked to go, but other times it's a voluntary move—a decision that may be driven ...
Economics & Business
Mar 15, 2017
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YouTube users be aware: Your viewing habits can be tracked
Despite YouTube's attempts to safeguard user anonymity, intelligence agencies, hackers and online advertising companies can still determine which videos a user is watching, according to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ...
Internet
Mar 15, 2017
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From the butterfly's wing to the tornado: Predicting turbulence
An old adage holds that the flap of a butterfly's wing in Brazil can trigger a tornado in Texas weeks later. Though chaos theory says it's basically impossible to compute exactly how that might happen, scientists have made ...
General Physics
Mar 15, 2017
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Team finds new way that bacteria lay siege to neighboring cells by hijacking two factors involved in protein synthesis
So they can't use smartphones or WiFi, but bacteria have evolved some seriously complex strategies to communicate with one another. And the resulting interactions are a delicate balance of cooperation and, in some cases, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 15, 2017
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Dark matter less influential in galaxies in early universe
New observations indicate that massive, star-forming galaxies during the peak epoch of galaxy formation, 10 billion years ago, were dominated by baryonic or 'normal' matter. This is in stark contrast to present-day galaxies, ...
Astronomy
Mar 15, 2017
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Scientists mobilize as bleaching resumes on Great Barrier Reef
Coral researchers are remobilising to conduct aerial and underwater surveys along the Great Barrier Reef and elsewhere in Australia as coral bleaching reappears for the second year in a row. The decision coincides with the ...
Environment
Mar 15, 2017
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Fossil or inorganic structure? Scientists dig into early life forms
An international team of researchers discovered that inorganic chemicals can self-organize into complex structures that mimic primitive life on Earth.
Earth Sciences
Mar 15, 2017
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China's severe winter haze tied to effects of global climate change
China's severe winter air pollution problems may be worsened by changes in atmospheric circulation prompted by Arctic sea ice loss and increased Eurasian snowfall - both caused by global climate change.
Environment
Mar 15, 2017
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