Qualcomm opts not to split company
US chip maker Qualcomm on Tuesday said it will not split in two despite pressure by an activist investment fund.
Business
Dec 15, 2015
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Free choice of mate may boost pandas' sex drive, study says
Worried about the low sex drive of giant pandas in zoos, scientists have tried many things to get them in the mood—not least Viagra and "panda porn".
Plants & Animals
Dec 15, 2015
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Antiquity's hermaphroditus—a gender bender
The view that androgynous individuals are pathologically deviant has caused scholars to reject the possibility that the mythological figure Hermaphroditus could be perceived as erotically attractive. But the Romans had a ...
Social Sciences
Dec 15, 2015
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Video: Star Wars science: Lightsabers, lasers and force fields
Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens hits movie screens this week with its intense plot, edge-of-your-seat action scenes and, of course, lots of lightsabers. But is it actually possible to create a real-life lightsaber or build ...
Other
Dec 15, 2015
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Building blocks for GaN power switches
A team of engineers from Cornell University, the University of Notre Dame and the semiconductor company IQE has created gallium nitride (GaN) power diodes capable of serving as the building blocks for future GaN power switches—with ...
Condensed Matter
Dec 15, 2015
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Why soft climate deals are better than tough ones
The Paris climate talks have been heralded as a historic deal. But while they have been praised for the very feat of reaching an agreement and for setting an ambitious aim to keep warming below 2℃ and endeavouring to limit ...
Environment
Dec 15, 2015
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Why millennials are leaving religion but embracing spirituality
"Spiritual but not religious."
Social Sciences
Dec 15, 2015
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India court mulls ban on new diesel cars as Delhi chokes
India's top court on Tuesday said it was considering banning new diesel-guzzling SUVs and luxury cars from the streets of New Delhi in a bid to improve the capital's notoriously toxic air.
Environment
Dec 15, 2015
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Novel imaging technique captures beauty of metal-labeled neurons in 3-D
Researchers have discovered a dazzling new method of visualizing neurons that promises to benefit neuroscientists and cell biologists alike: by using spectral confocal microscopy to image tissues impregnated with silver or ...
Bio & Medicine
Dec 15, 2015
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Guam research aids in understanding recruitment limitation of rare tree
Serianthes nelsonii, a large, handsome tree found only in the Mariana Islands was federally listed as endangered on Feb. 18, 1987. Since that time there has been relatively little research published on this rare tree.
Ecology
Dec 15, 2015
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