Earth's biodiversity is changing as the planet warms. But how?
As the Earth's climate changes, shifting weather patterns will affect where plants and animals can live.
Ecology
Sep 27, 2017
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Large iceberg breaks off Pine Island Glacier
Recent satellite images reveal a new 100-square-mile iceberg emerging from Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier. The calving event did not come as a complete surprise, but is a troubling sign with regards to future sea level ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 27, 2017
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Researchers design soft, flexible origami-inspired robot
A Case Western Reserve University researcher has turned the origami she enjoyed as a child into a patent-pending soft robot that may one day be used on an assembly line, in surgery or even outer space.
Robotics
Sep 27, 2017
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Brewing a great cup of coffee depends on chemistry and physics
Coffee is unique among artisanal beverages in that the brewer plays a significant role in its quality at the point of consumption. In contrast, drinkers buy draft beer and wine as finished products; their only consumer-controlled ...
Other
Sep 27, 2017
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Fine-particulate pollution: can we trust microsensor readings?
Last May, Paris City Hall launched "Pollutrack", a fleet of micro-sensors placed on the roofs of vehicles traveling throughout the capital to measure the level of fine particles present in the air in real time. A year early, ...
Environment
Sep 27, 2017
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Why onions make us cry (and why some don't)
Mark Anthony in Shakespeare's Cleopatra may have referred to "the tears that live in the onion". But why do onions actually make us cry? And why do only some onions make us blub in this way when others, including related ...
Other
Sep 27, 2017
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More than a 38 percent of the Neotropical parrot population in the American continent is threatened by human activity
More than 38 percent of the neotropical parrot population of the American continent is endangered due the impact of human activity, according to a scientific study published in the journal Biological Conservation.
Ecology
Sep 27, 2017
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Climate change—lessons from the Vikings
One June day in the year 793, men in ships landed on Lindisfarne, an island off eastern England occupied by a monastery. The men, apparently from the north, plundered treasures, overthrew altars and set fire to buildings. ...
Environment
Sep 27, 2017
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Sensing atoms caught in ripples of light
Optical fibers are ubiquitous, carrying light wherever it is needed. These glass tunnels are the high-speed railway of information transit, moving data at incredible speeds over tremendous distances. Fibers are also thin ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 27, 2017
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Q&A about Watson, the iHuman supercomputer
In 2011, a faceless, emotionless voice named Watson famously defeated two of the greatest champions of Jeopardy!, an American TV gameshow.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Sep 27, 2017
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