A QUT criminologist who has researched male sex work extensively has endorsed Amnesty International's call for international decriminalisation of prostitution.
Social Sciences
Aug 28, 2015
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Forget the Turing and Lovelace tests on artificial intelligence: I want to see a robot pass the Frampton Test.
Computer Sciences
Aug 28, 2015
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The roads in Nairobi are studded with potholes, ditches and other rough spots. There are no signs to warn people driving matatus – the ubiquitous minibuses in the region – of the hazards lying in wait. And in a city of ...
Engineering
Aug 28, 2015
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For Justin Chen, a PhD student in the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), there is more to observe in the built environment than meets the eye. So much more, in fact, that he has designed his entire ...
Engineering
Aug 28, 2015
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The milkweed plants growing in 40 cube-shaped chambers on a hilltop at the University of Michigan Biological Station provide a glimpse into the future that allows researchers to ask a question: How will monarch butterflies ...
Ecology
Aug 28, 2015
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Many married couples can feel overwhelmed and stressed after their first child's birth, but the transition period isn't as long for the second child.
Social Sciences
Aug 28, 2015
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As the climate in the Southwest becomes hotter and drier, water will become an ever more precious resource, demanded by people with competing interests.
Social Sciences
Aug 28, 2015
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As a raindrop falls through the atmosphere, it can attract tens to hundreds of tiny aerosol particles to its surface before hitting the ground. The process by which droplets and aerosols attract is coagulation, a natural ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 28, 2015
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University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientist Clark Alexander is working on a project to predict how the Georgia coast—characterized by a complex system of barrier islands, salt marshes, estuaries, ...
Environment
Aug 28, 2015
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A forgotten forage grass imported from Europe in the 1800s could soon be helping to boost cattle and dairy production. The grass, which has adapted well to parts of the Upper Midwest, has been released by Agricultural Research ...
Ecology
Aug 28, 2015
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