Climate change is driving periods of unusually high temperature across large swaths of the planet. These heat waves are especially detrimental in the Arctic, where they can push surface temperatures in regions of significant ...
Earth Sciences
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An international team of astronomers has conducted a detailed study of a high-redshift young radio source designated J2102+6015. Results of the research, presented in a paper published August 4 on arXiv pre-print repository, ...
The most harmful air pollutant worldwide is fine particular matter. In Canada, the biggest natural source of this pollutant is wildfires. Winds can spread wildfire smoke over a wide area, affecting areas hundreds of kilometers ...
Environment
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How quickly your household or business will recover from COVID-19 when restrictions are lifted, may be down to where you live and what you do, according to experts at the University of Sheffield.
Economics & Business
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Rose Gagnon could not hug her grandchildren for several months.
Social Sciences
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Open the freezer door and there, way in the back, may be an old carton of ice cream growing spikes of ice. Or a forgotten frozen lasagna covered in icy crystals. Or drying of meat surfaces if not well covered.
Biochemistry
Aug 16, 2021
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On the evening of Sept. 5, 1883, people in Honolulu witnessed a spectacular sunset followed by a period of extended twilight described as a "singular lurid after sunset glow." There were no signs of anything else out of the ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 16, 2021
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Invisibly small carbon nanotubes aligned as fibers and sewn into fabrics become a thermoelectric generator that can turn heat from the sun or other sources into energy.
Nanophysics
Aug 16, 2021
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When parents think of a child getting kicked out of school, they might imagine drugs found stashed in a locker, a classroom that's been vandalized, or some kind of sexual or other violent assault. But the fact is that it's ...
Education
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The Kimberley region is host to Australia's oldest known rock paintings. But people were carving engravings into some of these rocks before they were creating paintings.
Archaeology
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