The number of children we have and at what age is not just a conscious decision made as an adult. Apparently young parents are noticeably impressed by childhood experiences, as a new analysis on Turkish migrant data by the ...
Social Sciences
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Commercial pea growers stand to benefit from the release of Hampton, a new edible dry pea variety that resists some of the legume crop's most costly scourges, including pea enation mosaic virus (PEMV) and bean leaf roll virus ...
Biotechnology
Sep 24, 2015
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Dozens of projects have been promoted over the last decade to make industrial processes energy efficient, thus reducing costs and decreasing impact on the environment. However, a definitive solution to reducing energy consumption ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 24, 2015
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New research by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) has revealed that bird food provided in British gardens has helped Blackcaps to rapidly evolve a successful new migration route. This is the first time that garden bird ...
Ecology
Sep 24, 2015
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A new paper in PLOS ONE by External Professor Michael Hochberg and colleagues computes how human social groups pass through different phases in their growth, structure, and behavior.
Social Sciences
Sep 24, 2015
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After seven balloon launches in the bright Arctic sun, the BARREL team has returned home from a 4-week campaign in Kiruna, Sweden, north of the Arctic Circle. Each research balloon observed emissions high in our atmosphere ...
Space Exploration
Sep 24, 2015
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Apple's recent offering of new tech toys includes the latest iPhone – available in stores from Friday – and it boasts some mighty camera power.
Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 24, 2015
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Imagine a table with sinuous legs resembling the twisting shape of an inverted swamp cypress trunk. Those flowing legs might make the table stronger, better able to handle whatever someone piles on it.
Engineering
Sep 24, 2015
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In 2016, a team of engineers and adventurers will travel to the South African desert and attempt to become the first people to drive a car at 1,000mph. The British-made vehicle, Bloodhound SSC, is designed to smash the current ...
Engineering
Sep 24, 2015
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From 19th-century tales about tribes hunting for "trophy heads" to Hollywood films such as Mel Gibson's Apocolypto, the Amazon rain forest has long inspired gruesome stories about ritualistic killing. However, the portrayal ...
Archaeology
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