Flinders University palaeontologists have cast new light on the behaviour of Australia's fearsome marsupial lion (Thylacoleo carnifex) – one of the most unique meat-eating mammals ever to have lived.
Archaeology
Feb 17, 2016
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34
Asteroids headed for a collision with the Earth, if found early enough, can be acted upon to prevent the potentially devastating consequences of an impact. One technique to divert an asteroid, called kinetic impact, uses ...
Space Exploration
Feb 17, 2016
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Instead of a pan and a pick ax, prospectors of the future might seek gold with a hand-held biosensor that uses a component of DNA to detect traces of the element in water.
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 17, 2016
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136
You know that greenhouse gases are changing the climate. You probably know drinking water is becoming increasingly scarce, and that we're living through a mass extinction.
Environment
Feb 17, 2016
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Autonomous robots performing a joint task send each other continual updates: "I've passed through a door and am turning 90 degrees right." "After advancing 2 feet I've encountered a wall. I'm turning 90 degrees right." "After ...
Robotics
Feb 17, 2016
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Do politicians get more done if they are more prone to virtue or to vice, if they are inclined toward justice and humanity or to a self-serving social strategy?
Social Sciences
Feb 17, 2016
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Governments regularly extol the benefits of involving citizens and the private sector in planning land use and providing infrastructure.
Other
Feb 17, 2016
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6
How much a political leader smiles reflects their particular country's cultural values related to how people express themselves, a Stanford scholar has found.
Social Sciences
Feb 17, 2016
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34
A hidden reserve of iron-rich meteorites which could hold secrets to the formation of the solar system may be hidden beneath the surface of the Antarctic ice sheet, according to a study by a team from The University of Manchester.
Space Exploration
Feb 17, 2016
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121
A new study – the first of its kind to examine the relationship between ethnic diversity and local cohesion over time – finds a more complex link than before between the way neighbourhoods change and how their residents ...
Social Sciences
Feb 17, 2016
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