Can Amazon get shoppers to buy groceries online?
A giant in the technology industry had a bold idea: reinvent the way people shop, rendering grocery stores a quaint reminder of the past.
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Study calls for urgent need for improved human-wildlife conflict management across India
There is an urgent need to strengthen human-wildlife conflict management across India, as up to 32 wildlife species are damaging life and property in this nation of 1 billion people, according to a recent study published ...
Ecology
Jun 27, 2017
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How grassland management without the loss of species works
The intensive management of grasslands is bad for biodiversity. However, a study by the Terrestrial Ecology Research Group at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has brought a ray of hope: If different forms of management ...
Ecology
Jun 27, 2017
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Tech company video ads still dominated by white males
Consumer tech companies that are serious about attracting more women and people from minority groups into their workforce might want to revisit the video advertisements featured on their websites. Although these ads do not ...
Social Sciences
Jun 27, 2017
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Woodrats can't stomach favorite foods at high temps
You'd think desert woodrats already had a lot of adversity. Besides the constant threat of coyotes and other predators and the scorching Mojave Desert heat, their primary source of food is the creosote bush, or chaparral ...
Ecology
Jun 27, 2017
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Pandora CEO out in shake-up at internet radio pioneer (Update)
Pandora co-founder Tim Westergren on Tuesday stepped down as chief executive and from the board of directors, as the internet radio pioneer strives to win more listeners in the face of competition from Apple and Spotify.
Business
Jun 27, 2017
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New photoacoustic technique detects gases at parts-per-quadrillion level
A team of researchers has found a way to detect trace gases down to concentrations at the parts-per-quadrillion level using a new variation on the photoacoustic effect, a technique that measures the sound generated when light ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 27, 2017
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Spain fire near World Heritage site 'under control'
A wildfire that threatened a nature reserve in southern Spain designated as a World Heritage site has been brought under control, officials said Tuesday after evacuating over 2,000 people including tourists.
Environment
Jun 27, 2017
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How many protozoa are in the water we drink?
Researchers from the University of Zaragoza (Spain) have analysed drinking water and detected oocysts of Cryptosporidium and cysts of Giardia, two protozoa that cause outbreaks of diarrhoea in humans. The levels detected ...
Environment
Jun 27, 2017
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Computer scientists design flat sheets that transform themselves into smooth-surfaced, free-form objects
3D printers have been around since the 1980s, but we are still far from maximizing their potential. One active area of research and development is "self-actuating" objects: flat materials that transform themselves through ...
Computer Sciences
Jun 27, 2017
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