Fish are commonly used in experiments to identify environmental hazards and pollutants in water. As gills are in constant contact with the water, they are often the focal point for studies seeking to understand the effects ...
Ecology
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Great scientific discoveries often raise more questions than they answer. Just days after the announcement that gravitational waves from two merging black holes have been detected, astrophysicists are already pondering what ...
Astronomy
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Climatologist Andy Bush could give Indiana Jones a run for his money when it comes to pursuing science in the face of danger.
Earth Sciences
Feb 17, 2016
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The question of whether animals other than humans can think and feel has been debated for centuries. Most of us would agree that humans have a level of consciousness, loosely defined as an ability to experience thoughts and ...
Plants & Animals
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While Americans can do a lot of little things in their daily lives to help reduce carbon emissions, driving a vehicle that gets better gas mileage is by far the best way for an individual to combat climate change, say University ...
Energy & Green Tech
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The new milk frother you are using to prepare your cappuccino is likely using magnetic gears. Magnetic gears transmit rotary motion like mechanical gears but instead of teeth they use magnetic attraction and repulsion between ...
General Physics
Feb 17, 2016
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All hail chitosan and the researchers at the Polytechnic University of Valencia who discovered it, because it's going to make your chicken nuggets and your calamari that little bit healthier.
Other
Feb 17, 2016
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Payment-per-click is one of the most popular pricing models for online advertising, but the rate of click fraud is staggering. In 2014, marketers lost $11.6 billion in advertising because of fraudulent clicks.
Internet
Feb 17, 2016
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While the pay gap between men and women stubbornly remains, gender discrepancies in other important realms, like education, have closed.
Social Sciences
Feb 17, 2016
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Scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) have used UAH's Rocket-city Ozone (O3) Quality Evaluation in the Troposphere (RO3 QET) Lidar to measure ozone that was chemically produced by summertime lightning ...
Earth Sciences
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