Brown recluse spiders active from March through October
'Tis the season – for creepy, crawly things that seemingly come from nowhere. And one to watch for is the brown recluse spider.
'Tis the season – for creepy, crawly things that seemingly come from nowhere. And one to watch for is the brown recluse spider.
Plants & Animals
Apr 25, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—Psychologists from the University of Calgary have conducted a study isolating key personality traits that might make some employees more predisposed to cyberslacking than others, while working from home.
Social Sciences
Apr 25, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Want to rack up more views for your selfie? We can't all take our photos with the president, but a new tool developed by an MIT PhD can help us predict how popular our photos will be.
Computer Sciences
Apr 25, 2014
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(Phys.org) —The team designing the parachute system for NASA's Orion spacecraft has demonstrated almost every parachute failure they could imagine. But on April 23, they tested how the system would perform if the failure ...
Space Exploration
Apr 25, 2014
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You likely wouldn't spot them, unless digging through the sand on your hands and knees, but a miniature plastic pest along the shoreline of the Great Lakes could result in huge headaches for the environment and, even, humans.
Environment
Apr 25, 2014
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(Phys.org) —It's the season for sequels. Not only in Hollywood, but over the high desert of California as well.
Earth Sciences
Apr 25, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Getting your "space legs" in Earth orbit has taken on new meaning for NASA's pioneering Robonaut program.
Space Exploration
Apr 25, 2014
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Two billion years ago, Earth was recovering from a major environmental upheaval that had caused widespread changes in the planet's surface conditions.
Earth Sciences
Apr 25, 2014
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Nokia says it has completed the 5.44 billion-euro ($7.5 billion) sale of its troubled cellphone and services division to Microsoft, ending a chapter in the former world leading cellphone maker's history that began with paper ...
Business
Apr 25, 2014
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World Coffee Research, part of the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture at Texas A&M University in College Station, is hoping to shed new light on the origin of Yemeni coffee through a genetic diversity ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 25, 2014
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