A new, cutting-edge approach to measuring changes in aboveground forest carbon density has helped scientists determine that widespread deforestation, degradation and disturbance has caused tropical forests to now emit more ...
Environment
Sep 28, 2017
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Grocery shopping can feel like you're navigating through an obstacle course filled with crowded parking lots, long lines and screaming kids.
Business
Sep 28, 2017
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Microsoft is ending Skype's foray into business communications, packaging its communications tools into Microsoft Teams, the company's challenge to workplace collaboration startup Slack.
Business
Sep 28, 2017
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Snapchat isn't a resource many turn to for weather and sports scores, but it's spending increasing amounts of money on licensing deals to give users such information.
Business
Sep 28, 2017
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Uber pitched its carpooling service as a way for passengers to save cash. But for drivers, UberPool felt like a raw deal because taking on extra passengers didn't mean they would collect extra payouts.
Business
Sep 28, 2017
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Equifax, under pressure from a massive data breach, is apologizing and trying again to make amends to consumers. Its new interim CEO—installed this week after the previous chief executive announced his retirement—offered ...
Security
Sep 28, 2017
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Xi-Cheng Zhang has worked for nearly a decade to solve a scientific puzzle that many in the research community believed to be impossible: producing terahertz waves—a form of electromagnetic radiation in the far infrared ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 28, 2017
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Shares of Roku, an early player in streaming-video gadgets, are soaring after its initial public offering of stock raised $219 million.
Business
Sep 28, 2017
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3
Ikea on Thursday announced a deal to acquire on-demand help startup TaskRabbit as the world's largest furniture retailer grabbed a seat in the online sharing economy.
Business
Sep 28, 2017
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3
Like a pining lover, bed bugs will seek out your smell and snuggle up to your worn clothes when you are not around, researchers said Thursday.
Ecology
Sep 28, 2017
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