How many lions does it take to kill a lamb? The answer isn't as straightforward as you might think. Not, at least, according to game theory.
Plants & Animals
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Slower boat speeds reduce risks to manatees. Or do they? Not exactly, according to research conducted at Florida Atlantic University. In fact, the very laws enacted to slow down boats in manatee habitats may actually be doing ...
Ecology
Jul 20, 2017
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The first observing run of a collaboration between amateur and professional astronomers to monitor our planetary neighbours has resulted in some of the best planetary images ever taken from the ground.
Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2017
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Scientists have designed a new type of cathode that could make the mass production of sodium batteries more feasible. Batteries based on plentiful and low-cost sodium are of great interest to both scientists and industry ...
Materials Science
Jul 20, 2017
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(Phys.org)—Physicists have reported some of the strongest evidence yet that that the quantum world does not obey local realism by demonstrating new evidence for the existence of quantum entanglement. By performing an essentially ...
Magnets are found in motors, in energy production and in data storage. A deeper understanding of the basic properties of magnetic materials could therefore impact our everyday technology. A study by Scientists at the Paul ...
General Physics
Jul 20, 2017
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The DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Palaeoscience funded researchers based in the School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies and in the Evolutionary Studies Institute of the University of the Witwatersrand ...
Ecology
Jul 20, 2017
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In 2013, a Wisconsin man named Eric Loomis was convicted of fleeing an officer and driving a car without the owner's consent.
Social Sciences
Jul 20, 2017
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An elusive new species of ocean sunfish has been discovered by an international team of researchers led by a Murdoch University PhD student.
Plants & Animals
Jul 20, 2017
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Wild bees are important pollinators of many crop plants – sometimes they are even more efficient than honeybees. Their numbers can be increased sustainably using simple means as a recent study has found.
Ecology
Jul 20, 2017
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