3-D printers may reshape recoveries for shark bite victims
A trauma victim is wheeled into an emergency room, his thigh caked with blood-soaked bandages.
Engineering
Jul 25, 2018
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Agricultural and urban habitat drive long-term bird population changes
Land use changes are a major driver of species declines, but in addition to the habitat to which they're best adapted, many bird species use "alternative" habitats such as urban and agricultural land. A new study from The ...
Ecology
Jul 25, 2018
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Team shatters theoretical limit on bio-hydrogen production
In 1977, researcher Rudolf Thauer proposed a theoretical ceiling on the amount of hydrogen that bacteria could produce via fermentation, the sugar-converting process also responsible for yogurt, beer and cheese.
Biotechnology
Jul 25, 2018
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Nearly forgotten 'dinosaur' bone found to belong to ancient hippo-like creature
A team of researchers from several institutions in Japan and one in the U.S. has identified a fossilized bone, long believed to be from a dinosaur, as belonging to a Paleoparadoxia. In their paper published in the journal ...
Researchers develop a framework to encode mechanical memory in a featureless elastic shell
When Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was translated into Braille, it spanned 1,000 pages over 14 volumes of thick Braille paper. Tolstoy's War and Peace weighs in at 21 volumes. But what if there was a way to store ...
Engineering
Jul 25, 2018
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Why do dingoes attack people, and how can we prevent it?
The case of Debbie Rundle, who was attacked by dingoes at a mine site in Telfer, in Western Australia's Pilbara region, evokes our instinctive horror at the idea of being attacked by wild animals.
Ecology
Jul 25, 2018
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Why you shouldn't be a 'straw-man' environmentalist
The "straw bubble" has burst.
Environment
Jul 25, 2018
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Toxoplasma gondii parasite linked to risky business behavior
An international team of researchers has found a possible link between a parasitic infection and risky business behavior. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the group outlines an experiment they ...
Working four-day weeks for five days' pay? Research shows it pays off
Employees at a New Zealand company behind an innovative trial of a four-day working week have declared it a resounding success, with 78% saying they were better able to manage their work-life balance.
Social Sciences
Jul 25, 2018
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In support of 'organic' management, more living than digital
One of the main features of continuing digitalisation and the development of artificial intelligence – currently claimed to be the only and inevitable means of "progress" in the future – is the desire to conquer and "ideologically" ...
Other
Jul 25, 2018
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