If you live in the high latitudes, like Alaska, or New Zealand, you've probably had a chance to see an aurora. Here in Canada, we call them the Northern Lights or the Aurora Borealis, but the lucky folks in the far southern ...
Space Exploration
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Remote sensing plays an important role in our everyday life. It's used in GPS navigation, air traffic control, and observing large-scale algae blooms in the Great Lakes. But how can remote sensing be applied to understanding ...
Environment
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Aiming to study Earth's 'bow shock' in the solar wind, the constellation of Cluster satellites is being rejigged to bring two of the four to within almost touching distance.
Space Exploration
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NASA's goal of sending astronauts to deep space took a major step forward when the first engine of the type destined to power the mighty Space Launch System (SLS) exploration rocket blazed to life during a successful test ...
Space Exploration
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West Australian scientists have developed a three-dimensional computer model of seagrass canopies to investigate the effect of canopy structure and reduced light on photosynthesis.
Ecology
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Last week's attacks in Paris, committed in the name of a god, reopen a badly-healed scar in Europe. The world once again turns towards religious fundamentalism. A new study shows that hostility towards other out-groups is ...
Social Sciences
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From the Domesday Book to modern government papers, the National Archives' collection of more than 11m historical government and public records is one of the world's largest. It includes paper and parchment, photographs, ...
Internet
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Landslides are responsible for nearly 10,000 victims every year. Nearly 60% of all landslides are triggered by earthquakes. Researchers from IRD and INGEMMET in Peru have produced the first series measurements of this kind ...
Earth Sciences
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How do you make sure that public policy designed to secure the health of the Great Lakes − and by extension the well-being of the 35-plus million people who rely on the system for drinking water and their livelihood − ...
Environment
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More efficient medical treatments could be developed thanks to a new method for triggering the rearrangement of chemical particles.
Bio & Medicine
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