Led by San Francisco State University astronomer Stephen Kane, a team of researchers has spotted an extrasolar planet about 117 light-years from earth that boasts the most eccentric orbit yet seen.
Astronomy
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China's sweeping program to restore forests across the country is working.
Environment
Mar 18, 2016
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One may expect a creature that darts around its habitat to be capable of perceiving rapid changes as well. Yet birds are famed more for their good visual acuity. Joint research by Uppsala University, Stockholm University ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 18, 2016
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Choking smog returned to the skies of Mexico City this week at levels not seen in more than a decade, prompting fears of more eye-watering days to come as efforts to curb pollution run afoul of the courts and the realities ...
Environment
Mar 18, 2016
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An electrical and systems engineer at Washington University in St. Louis has designed a method that, figuratively, forces a leopard to change its spots.
Mathematics
Mar 18, 2016
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Researchers at Yale and the Smithsonian Institution say it's time to settle a very old food fight.
Evolution
Mar 18, 2016
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A new study examines how well the Internet-based Chinese language version of the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale (IUS)—which evaluates a person's reactions to ambiguous situations and attempts to control the future—compares ...
Social Sciences
Mar 18, 2016
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Buildings with storage tanks can face increased risks from chlorine-resistant bacteria in water, according to researchers at the University of Strathclyde.
Environment
Mar 18, 2016
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Scientists have many tools at their disposal for looking at preserved tissue under a microscope in incredible detail, or peering into the living body at lower resolution. What they haven't had is a way to do both: create ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 18, 2016
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Heavy rainfall was occurring Tropical Cyclone Emeraude when the Global Precipitation Measurement or GPM passed over the Southern Indian Ocean and measured the rainfall rate.
Earth Sciences
Mar 18, 2016
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