A rare reentry of a suspected rocket body from a very high orbit next month offers an excellent opportunity to gather data to improve our knowledge of how objects interact with Earth's atmosphere.
Space Exploration
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Researchers have recently presented in Advanced Materials a broad scope of application of halloysite clay tubes.
Bio & Medicine
Oct 26, 2015
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When the smoke from forest fires turned a thick, acrid yellow, casting an apocalyptic glow over Palangkaraya, Kartika Sari decided to grab her child and flee the Indonesian city at the epicentre of the haze crisis smothering ...
Environment
Oct 26, 2015
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Students, parents and teachers have long lamented the hours that kids spend taking standardized tests, especially since the introduction of the Common Core academic standards. But just how much time each year is it?
Social Sciences
Oct 26, 2015
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Despite global efforts to increase the area of the ocean that is protected, only four per cent of it lies within marine protected areas (MPAs), according to a University of British Columbia study.
Ecology
Oct 26, 2015
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The ancestry of domesticated cattle proves more complex than previously thought, reports a paper published today in the open access journal Genome Biology. The first nuclear genome sequence from an ancient wild ox reveals ...
Biotechnology
Oct 26, 2015
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New research suggests that an initiative to show consumers which products are more environmentally friendly needs to be easy to understand to be effective.
Environment
Oct 26, 2015
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Toyota's three-seater exoskeleton car and an electric vehicle with touch screens that turn it into a "digital space" are among the concept models that will be on display at the Tokyo Motor Show this week.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 26, 2015
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