Weather Service winter forecast: A bit warmer, but chaotic
Expect big swings in weather this winter, government forecasters say.
Environment
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Space station's 2 women prep for 1st all-female spacewalk
Men have floated out the hatch on all 420 spacewalks conducted over the past half-century.
Space Exploration
Oct 17, 2019
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How roots grow hair
The roots of plants can do a lot of things: They grow in length to reach water, they can bend to circumvent stones, and they form fine root hairs enabling them to absorb more nutrients from the soil. A team of researchers ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 17, 2019
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Scientists discover new species of wasp-mimicking praying mantis
Cleveland Museum of Natural History Director of Research & Collections and Curator of Invertebrate Zoology Dr. Gavin Svenson and former Case Western Reserve University graduate student, Henrique Rodrigues, have discovered ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 17, 2019
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Paleontologists discover complete Saurornitholestes langstoni specimen
The discovery of a nearly complete dromaeosaurid Saurornitholestes langstoni specimen is providing critical information for the evolution of theropod dinosaurs, according to new research by a University of Alberta paleontologist.
Archaeology
Oct 17, 2019
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Spiral arms in a young accretion disk around a baby star
An international research team, led by Chin-Fei Lee at the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA, Taiwan), has detected a pair of spiral arms in an accretion disk around a protostar (baby star), using ...
Astronomy
Oct 17, 2019
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Embryo's early development revealed in a dish
During embryonic development, the entire nervous system, the skin and the sensory organs emerge from a single sheet of cells known as the ectoderm. While there have been extensive studies of how this sheet forms all these ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 17, 2019
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Near-Earth asteroids spectroscopic survey at the Isaac Newton telescope
The study of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) is driven by both scientific and practical reasons. Because of their proximity to our planet, they can provide key information regarding the delivery of water and organic-rich material ...
Space Exploration
Oct 17, 2019
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What happens under the Yellowstone volcano?
Yellowstone National Park in the USA, with its geysers and hot springs, is a major attraction for tourists. However, especially in times of little news, the media often focuses on the Yellowstone supervolcano, which last ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 17, 2019
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Dark matter tugs the most massive spiral galaxies to breakneck speeds
When it comes to galaxies, how fast is fast? The Milky Way, an average spiral galaxy, spins at a speed of 130 miles per second (210 km/sec) in our Sun's neighborhood. New research has found that the most massive spiral galaxies ...
Astronomy
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