A group of UBC students is betting probiotics could be the key to protecting bees from death caused by harmful pesticides.
Ecology
Sep 21, 2015
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On Sept. 17, 2015, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly captured images and video from the International Space Station during an early morning flyover of the United States. Sharing with his social media followers, Kelly wrote, "Clear ...
Space Exploration
Sep 21, 2015
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A bigger more hearty catnip plant – whose enriched oil not only promises to drive cats crazy with pleasure but also may be a safer, more effective mosquito repellent – has been developed for specialized commercial farmers ...
Biotechnology
Sep 21, 2015
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Category 1, Category 3, the dreaded Category 5—Americans are becoming too familiar with the ratings of hurricanes or tropical cyclones. Scientists use a measure called Potential Intensity to help them forecast the strength ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 21, 2015
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Is it time to cut a deal with Japan on whaling?
Ecology
Sep 21, 2015
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An elder tribesman in eastern Afghanistan was amazed by the precision of American drone strikes. He had seen attacks hit exactly where insurgents were sleeping. A room exploded and they were no longer there.
Security
Sep 21, 2015
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Harvard scientists are taking a hard look at northeastern forests for evidence of a potential springtime scramble, one that could be triggered if age-old growth cues are disrupted by climate change.
Ecology
Sep 21, 2015
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Sheets of graphene and other materials that are virtually two-dimensional hold great promise for electronic, optical, and other high-tech applications. But the biggest limitation in unleashing this potential has been figuring ...
Materials Science
Sep 21, 2015
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25
A problem recently discovered in two sensors in the propulsion system of the entry, descent and landing demonstrator module has prompted the recommendation to move the launch of the ExoMars 2016 mission, initially foreseen ...
Space Exploration
Sep 21, 2015
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By measuring how worms move toward an appealing, food-like scent, researchers at the Salk Institute were able to predict whether the worms would be long-lived. The finding, publishing September 22, 2015 in the journal eLife, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 21, 2015
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