When a massive star reaches the end of its life, it can explode as a supernova. But there's a unique type of supernova that's much brighter that we're just starting to understand—and which may prove useful in measuring ...
Astronomy
Feb 27, 2020
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Earth has acquired a second "mini-moon" about the size of a car, according to astronomers who spotted the object circling our planet.
Space Exploration
Feb 27, 2020
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Flashing crosswalk lights are no match for flashy cars, according to a new UNLV study which found that drivers of expensive cars are least likely to stop for crossing pedestrians.
Social Sciences
Feb 27, 2020
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For half a century, scientists who have developed models of how ecological communities function have arrived at an unsettling conclusion. Their models' predictions—seen as classic tenets of community ecology—suggested ...
Ecology
Feb 27, 2020
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For more than five years, University of Utah air quality sensors have hitched rides on TRAX light rail trains, scanning air pollution along the train's Red and Green Lines. Now the study, once a passion project of U researchers, ...
Environment
Feb 27, 2020
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Questions were raised Thursday about a Chinese newspaper report that the country is planning to dispatch a 100,000-strong army of ducks to help Pakistan combat a massive locust infestation.
Ecology
Feb 27, 2020
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A communication satellite almost out of fuel has gotten a new life after the first space docking of its kind.
Space Exploration
Feb 27, 2020
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A new study has found that socioeconomic status (SES) has the strongest impact on whether secondary school students study the STEM sciences.
Education
Feb 27, 2020
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Weather is an ever-present force in consumers' daily lives, yet there is little marketing research on how it affects consumers and businesses. A new UBC Sauder School of Business study reveals that sunny and snowy conditions ...
Economics & Business
Feb 27, 2020
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