The Senate is set to pass a bill aimed at improving cybersecurity by encouraging the sharing of threat information among companies and the U.S. government.
Security
Oct 22, 2015
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The spacecraft that gave us the first close-up views of Pluto now has a much smaller object in its sights.
Space Exploration
Oct 22, 2015
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NASA's GPM satellite saw that the western side of Tropical Storm Patricia was packing most of the storm's moderate and heavy rainfall when it passed overhead in space. Patricia was close to the coast of western Mexico, and ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 22, 2015
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Scientists behind new research into the effects of transport infrastructure on biodiversity have developed much-needed approaches to protect wildlife.
Plants & Animals
Oct 22, 2015
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Plants produce a large arsenal of toxic compounds in order fend off herbivorous insects. To make sure that the toxicity of these defensive substances will not harm the plants themselves, many plants add a sugar molecule to ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 22, 2015
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Plants can't get up and run away when they're being attacked by insects or harsh weather conditions. So they need mechanisms to rapidly respond to a stressful event - being eaten by a bug, for example - and then quickly transition ...
Biotechnology
Oct 22, 2015
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Howler monkeys are about the size of a small dog, weighing around seven kilos, yet they are among the loudest terrestrial animals on the planet, and can roar at a similar acoustic frequency to tigers.
Plants & Animals
Oct 22, 2015
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Between any two people, there are likely to be at least 10 million differences in the genetic sequence that makes up their DNA.
Biotechnology
Oct 22, 2015
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New research using ancient DNA has revealed that plague has been endemic in human populations for more than twice as long as previously thought, and that the ancestral plague would have been predominantly spread by human-to-human ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 22, 2015
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The innocent days when antibiotics worked reliably and scientists could assume they worked directly—like popping a balloon—are fading. As resistance mounts, understanding how antibiotics really work could be the key to ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 22, 2015
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