Apple wants to guide your news consumption with News app
Apple wants to be a central part of how you consume news.
Software
Sep 2, 2015
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Sociologist challenges the myth that where you live determines where you go to school
Contrary to assumptions that disadvantaged neighborhoods trap children in failing schools, a Johns Hopkins University sociologist has found the opposite to be true: as a neighborhood's income decreases, its range of educational ...
Social Sciences
Sep 2, 2015
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Stanford soil sleuths solve mystery of arsenic-contaminated water
Can water ever be too clean? If the intent is to store it underground, the answer, surprisingly, is yes. In a new study, Stanford scientists have shown that recycled water percolating into underground storage aquifers in ...
Environment
Sep 2, 2015
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NASA sees Tropical Storm Fred losing its punch
Tropical Storm Fred is losing its punch. Satellite imagery shows that there are no strong thunderstorms developing in the tropical storm indicating that the storm is weakening.
Earth Sciences
Sep 2, 2015
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CT scan of Earth links deep mantle plumes with volcanic hotspots
University of California, Berkeley, seismologists have produced for the first time a sharp, three-dimensional scan of Earth's interior that conclusively connects plumes of hot rock rising through the mantle with surface hotspots ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 2, 2015
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Three trillion trees: Study finds there are 7.5 times more trees than previously believed
A new Yale-led study estimates that there are more than 3 trillion trees on Earth, about seven and a half times more than some previous estimates. But the total number of trees has plummeted by roughly 46 percent since the ...
Environment
Sep 2, 2015
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New collars monitor pets for pain, problems
You can use wearables with GPS to keep track of wandering dogs. Others help you track animals' physical activity.
Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 2, 2015
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Scientists discover key clues in turtle evolution
A research team led by NYIT scientist Gaberiel Bever has determined that a 260-million year-old fossil species found in South Africa's Karoo Basin provides a long awaited glimpse into the murky origins of turtles.
Evolution
Sep 2, 2015
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Change in environment can lead to rapid evolution, researchers say
A new Florida State University study is giving researchers a glimpse at how organisms from fish to flowers to tumors evolve in response to rapid environmental change.
Ecology
Sep 2, 2015
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First Dane in space begins long trip to repositioned ISS
The first Dane in space accompanied by 26 custom-made figurines from Danish toymaker Lego blasted off from Kazakhstan on Wednesday as part of a three-man team on an unusually long two-day mission to the International Space ...
Space Exploration
Sep 2, 2015
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