Increased water use in the rapidly growing oil industry in North Dakota's Bakken oil shale region, or play, is surprisingly due not only to oil well development but also to people, according to a recent study by the U.S. ...
Environment
May 20, 2016
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Fifty-nine finfish species have 'disappeared' from fishermen's catches in the world's most species rich and vulnerable marine region, new research has shown.
Environment
May 20, 2016
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Sexual conflict between males and females can lead to changes in the shape of their genitals, according to research on burying beetles by scientists at the University of Exeter.
Evolution
May 20, 2016
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Although known since the 1830s as a round, dark spot in a cell's nucleus, only recently has the nucleolus gotten its full due. Scientists have learned that besides building a cell's protein factories, this specialized subunit, ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 20, 2016
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Surfers had never seen a spot like it: head-high waves unfurling like wrapping paper in pristine, tapering cylinders for more than a quarter-mile, with not a soul out to catch them.
Other
May 20, 2016
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What weighs 77 pounds, goes 50 mph (80 kph) and looks like a Swiss cheese on wheels?
Engineering
May 20, 2016
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Since she got in on the adult coloring book craze two years ago, Cheri Brown has spent more than $400 on 50 books holding intricate sketches that she embellishes with Sharpies, colored pencils and gel pens.
Software
May 20, 2016
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Brian Armstrong is a Bitcoin believer.
Internet
May 20, 2016
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25
The United Nations has expressed alarm after scientists recorded the 12th straight global monthly heat record in a row.
Environment
May 20, 2016
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Landing rocket boosters on an open-ocean platform has been a massive engineering hurdle for SpaceX.
Space Exploration
May 20, 2016
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