A molecule found in car engine exhaust fumes that is thought to have contributed to the origin of life on Earth has made astronomers heavily underestimate the amount of stars that were forming in the early Universe, a University ...
Astronomy
Mar 22, 2017
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Duan Yongping is convinced Tim Cook didn't have a clue who he was when they first met a couple years ago. The Apple boss probably does now.
Business
Mar 22, 2017
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The frigid top of the Earth just set yet another record for low levels of sea ice in what scientists say is a signal of an overheating world.
Environment
Mar 22, 2017
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For a couple of minutes in a small, nondescript T-Mobile US conference room, the future of wireless is here.
Telecom
Mar 22, 2017
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Nearly 1,000 feet below the bed of the Dead Sea, scientists have found evidence that during past warm periods, the Mideast has suffered drought on scales never recorded by humans—a possible warning for current times. Thick ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 22, 2017
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Arctic sea ice appears to have reached on March 7 a record low wintertime maximum extent, according to scientists at NASA and the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colorado. And on the opposite ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 22, 2017
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Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a technique that uses light to get two-dimensional (2-D) plastic sheets to curve into three-dimensional (3-D) structures, such as spheres, tubes or bowls.
Soft Matter
Mar 22, 2017
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Are powerful, well-to-do people more charitable? It depends. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, wealthier people are more likely to donate to charity if they endorse social inequality while less ...
Social Sciences
Mar 22, 2017
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Marauding hordes of barbarian Huns, under their ferocious leader Attila, are often credited with triggering the fall of one of history's greatest empires: Rome.
Archaeology
Mar 22, 2017
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New light has been shed on the functioning of human gut bacteria which could help to develop medicines in the future to improve health and wellbeing.
Biochemistry
Mar 22, 2017
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