Study: Salt marshes will vanish if seas keep rising and California keeps building
On one side, there's the rising ocean. On the other, rising buildings.
Environment
Feb 22, 2018
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Testing lithium battery limitations may improve safety and lifetimes
Researchers are using neutrons to study a battery material that could offer a safer alternative to the flammable liquid component found in most types of lithium-ion batteries.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 22, 2018
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First evidence that seals can consume microplastics via their prey
Microplastics can transfer up the food chain from fish to top predators, such as seals, reveals new research by Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), University of Exeter and the Cornish Seal Sanctuary.
Environment
Feb 22, 2018
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The mystery behind the proboscis monkey's big nose
Exaggerated male traits, such as a large nose, can be great for attracting females, finds a study of proboscis monkeys in Malaysia.
Plants & Animals
Feb 22, 2018
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Four arrests over Taiwan's 'first' bitcoin robbery
Taiwan police have arrested four men over a bitcoin robbery worth Twd$5 million ($170,000) in what they said was the first case of its kind on the island.
Internet
Feb 22, 2018
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Walmart to launch new online home shopping experience
Bohemian or traditional?
Business
Feb 22, 2018
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Judges to rule on diesel bans in choking German cities
Judges are to rule Thursday on whether German cities can ban old diesel cars to reduce air pollution, with potentially dramatic consequences for a key industry and transport policy in Europe's largest economy.
Business
Feb 22, 2018
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Cobalt prices soar, but Congo's small miners see little of the gain
In global markets the price of cobalt, a mineral used in batteries for high-tech products from iPhones to Tesla electric cars, has nearly tripled to $81,500 a tonne in two years.
Business
Feb 22, 2018
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Mexican gray wolf population grows by 1 animal, survey says
At least one more endangered Mexican gray wolf is roaming the American Southwest compared with a year earlier, and U.S. wildlife officials said Wednesday that lower survival rates among pups are primarily to blame for the ...
Ecology
Feb 22, 2018
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Social media and internet not cause of political polarization, new research suggests
The argument against echo chambers is well documented: helped by social media algorithms, we are increasingly choosing to interact in safe spaces, with people who think and act like us - effectively preaching our opinions ...
Social Sciences
Feb 22, 2018
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