Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier announced Monday a firm order for 30 C Series jetliners from Latvian carrier Air Baltic, for US$2.9 billion.
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Talks are scheduled to begin this week in Washington, D.C., to modernize the document that coordinates flood control and hydropower generation in the United States and Canada along the 1,200-mile (1,930-kilometer) Columbia ...
Environment
May 28, 2018
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A landmark international study of the Great Barrier Reef has shown that in the past 30,000 years the world's largest reef system has suffered five death events, largely driven by changes in sea level and associated environmental ...
Environment
May 28, 2018
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Tropical rainforests play a critical role in regulating the global climate system—they represent the Earth's largest terrestrial CO2 sink. Because of its broad geographical expanse and year-long productivity, the Amazon ...
Earth Sciences
May 28, 2018
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Fluvial floods will increase due to human-made climate change, particularly in China. This might cause direct and indirect economic losses along the global supply and trade chains. The U.S. is susceptible to indirect climate-related ...
Environment
May 28, 2018
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Why do people make anonymous donations, and why does the public perceive this as admirable? Why do we downplay our interest in a potential partner if we risk missing out on a relationship? A team of scientists, consisting ...
Social Sciences
May 28, 2018
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A key question in evolutionary biology is how new functions arise. New research at Uppsala University, Sweden, shows that bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria) can contribute to new functions by revealing hidden potential ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 28, 2018
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It's commonly assumed that when insects are eaten by birds, they and their unborn young have no chance of survival. However, a team of Japanese researchers hypothesized that the eggs within insect bodies can pass through ...
Ecology
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There's the part of Amazon that sells and ships books, shoes, electronics, toys and even groceries.
Business
May 28, 2018
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When aerospace engineers launch a satellite, they don't expect it to last forever. So when the NASA orbiter known as IMAGE disappeared from view after five years in orbit, few were alarmed.
Space Exploration
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