Globally, women are triumphing in historically male-dominated areas. 2017 may begin with women at the helm of Germany, Liberia, Norway, South Korea, the UK, the US, General Motors, the IMF, YouTube and possibly the United ...
Social Sciences
Sep 23, 2016
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It's called the office candy dish problem. You grab a jellybean, but it's not the flavor you want. Pawing through for your favorites is irritating in terms of time, energy, and efficacy. It also annoys your office mates. ...
Materials Science
Sep 23, 2016
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Large chunks of broken ice float in east-central Kazakhstan's Alakol Lake in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image from 5 April 2016.
Earth Sciences
Sep 23, 2016
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Germans arrive at every appointment 5 hours before the scheduled time, all Indians are called Ranjid and have a red mark on their foreheads, the Japanese bow 10,000 times a day, and Americans all speak with chewing gum in ...
Social Sciences
Sep 23, 2016
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Lake Victoria in East Africa will become a hotspot for hazardous thunderstorms due to climate change. This is shown by an international study published in Nature Communications on the 23rd of September. Stef Lhermitte (TU ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 23, 2016
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If we are to tame fungi and optimize their extremely important role in our ecosystem, we must gain a more complete view of their functional abilities. Researchers from TU Delft and Utrecht University have exposed a previously ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 23, 2016
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A camera trap survey in one of Africa's largest conservation landscapes has captured an exciting range of species – from honey badgers and caracals to a hyena holding an elephant's trunk…
Ecology
Sep 23, 2016
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The effects of an intense storm every 25 years could threaten the marine alga populations of Cystoseira zosteroides–an endemic species of the Mediterranean with great ecological value for the biodiversity of marine benthos, ...
Environment
Sep 23, 2016
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WCS reported today that in the late summer of 2016, a WCS field team led by Dr. Trevor Haynes monitored Caspian tern chicks through to fledging in Cape Krusenstern National Monument in Alaska. This discovery of Caspian terns ...
Ecology
Sep 23, 2016
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One of the world's largest package delivery companies is stepping up efforts to integrate drones into its system.
Engineering
Sep 23, 2016
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