On military live fire training ranges, troops practice firing artillery shells, drop bombs on old tanks or derelict buildings and test the capacity of new weapons.
Biotechnology
Nov 22, 2016
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It's an intricate process through which massive stars lose their gas as they evolve, and a more complete understanding could be just calculations away—if only those calculations didn't take several millennia to run on normal ...
Astronomy
Nov 22, 2016
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While the popular notion of the American Thanksgiving is less than 400 years old, the turkey has been part of American lives for more than 2,000 years. But for much of that time, the bird was more revered than eaten.
Archaeology
Nov 22, 2016
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As Tropical Storm Otto formed in the southwestern Caribbean north of Panama on Nov. 21 the Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core satellite analyzed the strengthening storm.
Earth Sciences
Nov 22, 2016
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In the animal kingdom, survival essentially boils down to eat or be eaten. How organisms accomplish the former and avoid the latter reveals an immense array of defense mechanisms. Maybe you can outrun your prey. Perhaps you ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 22, 2016
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Turkey and football will be the main Thanksgiving headliners up on the International Space Station.
Space Exploration
Nov 22, 2016
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It's stretch time for a family at the Los Angeles Zoo.
Ecology
Nov 22, 2016
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The European Union risks missing its target of spending 20 percent of its budget on action to tackle climate change, the bloc's financial watchdog said on Tuesday.
Environment
Nov 22, 2016
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A new study of the temporary slowdown in the global average surface temperature warming trend observed between 1998 and 2013 concludes the phenomenon represented a redistribution of energy within the Earth system, with Earth's ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 22, 2016
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New insights into the mechanism behind how plants age may help scientists better understand crop yields, nutrient allocation, and even the timing and duration of fall leaf color.
Biotechnology
Nov 22, 2016
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