A koala bear isn't actually a bear, it's a marsupial. Whales aren't fish, they're mammals. Tomatoes aren't vegetables, they're fruit. Almost nothing is actually a nut. Peanuts, Brazil nuts, cashews, walnuts, pecans and almonds: ...
Plants & Animals
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Look up on a clear night and you can see some circular formations on the face of our lunar neighbour. These are impact craters, circular depressions found on planetary surfaces.
Space Exploration
Jul 17, 2019
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"Hidden Figures" and "First Man" were arguably the most inspirational space-themed movies of the last several years. Both, though, had to reach back to the glory days of John Glenn and Neil Armstrong. The faces of my children ...
Space Exploration
Jul 17, 2019
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Researchers at the University of Western Australia have developed a robotic fish that behaves like a bodyguard for native species and safeguards them against the aggressive attitudes of invasive pests.
Plants & Animals
Jul 17, 2019
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With their potential to perform calculations far beyond the reach of conventional supercomputers, machines harnessing certain quantum physics phenomena are expected to change the way the world solves complex problems. They ...
Quantum Physics
Jul 17, 2019
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A few millionths of a second after the Big Bang, the universe was so dense and hot that the quarks and gluons that make up protons, neutrons and other hadrons existed freely in what is known as the quark–gluon plasma. The ...
General Physics
Jul 17, 2019
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A major new report examining the help given to prisoners recovering from addiction has set out a series of "blueprints" which its authors say could "transform" the way prisoners are supported once they have served their sentence.
Social Sciences
Jul 17, 2019
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Louisiana is officially sinking. It has been 29 years since the National Geodetic Survey, or NGS, measured the state's subsidence. After completing four absolute gravity observations this past year, with the help of LSU's ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 17, 2019
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Despite their different migration histories, the U.S. and Spain have become the most preferred destinations for Latino migrants, who are among the largest migrant minorities in the two countries. There have been some studies ...
Social Sciences
Jul 17, 2019
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You know that person who always seems to be ahead of their deadlines, despite being swamped? Do you look at them with envy and wonder how they do it?
Economics & Business
Jul 17, 2019
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