Deep in the rocky earth, in the liquid-filled cracks created by fracking, lives a community of highly interactive microbes—one that could at once have serious implications for energy companies, human health and scientists ...
Environment
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Uber claimed Monday to have mended its ways as the ride-hailing app started its appeal against being stripped of its licence to operate in London.
Business
Jun 25, 2018
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It sounds appealing given the state of politics on Earth: a plan to launch a utopian "space nation" with the aim of transcending earthly divisions.
Space Exploration
Jun 25, 2018
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Chemical secrets of a plant used throughout history for its calming effects have been revealed in new research.
Biochemistry
Jun 25, 2018
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Climate projections indicate more warming will occur in the Northeast than other sections of the United States, and that has implications for corn crops and dairy farms in the region by 2050, researchers warn.
Environment
Jun 25, 2018
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Super-resilient materials found in the animal kingdom owe their strength and toughness to a design strategy that causes cracks to follow the twisting pattern of fibers, preventing catastrophic failure.
Materials Science
Jun 25, 2018
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Neanderthals were capable of sophisticated, collective hunting strategies, according to an analysis of prehistoric animal remains from Germany that contradicts the enduring image of these early humans as knuckle-dragging ...
Archaeology
Jun 25, 2018
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Animal rescue workers on Monday were frantically cleaning hundreds of birds after an oil spill in the Rotterdam harbour at the weekend, when an oil tanker hit a jetty dumping some 200 tonnes of bunker fuel.
Environment
Jun 25, 2018
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Proposals to extend the role played by politicians in scrutinising mergers and investments in the UK could discourage foreign investment, according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA).
Business
Jun 25, 2018
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A new framework to understand how uneven the effects of a 1.5°C world are for different countries around the world has been published today in Geophysical Research Letters, led by researchers from the Environmental Change ...
Environment
Jun 25, 2018
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