China announced Thursday that it would delay until 2019 the enactment of a quota requiring automakers to produce a minimum number of electric cars after some foreign firms and Germany raised concerns.
Energy & Green Tech
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New observations have lead researchers to believe that chimpanzees can use tools spontaneously to solve a task, without needing to watch others first.
Plants & Animals
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Investigations to predict changes in sea levels and their impacts on coastal systems are a step closer, as a result of international collaboration between the University of Sydney and researchers from Japan, Spain, and the ...
Environment
Sep 28, 2017
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The low-down on the largest telescope in the world.
Astronomy
Sep 28, 2017
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A comprehensive study of faults along the north side of the Olympic Mountains of Washington State emphasizes the substantial seismic hazard to the northern Puget Lowland region. The study examined the Lake Creek-Boundary ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 28, 2017
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Statistics from the Department of Education and Training show a steady cohort of baby boomer postgraduates, mostly women, enrolling at university at the age of 60 or over.
Social Sciences
Sep 28, 2017
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The next time you bite into that perfect, sweet and succulent watermelon, you may want to appreciate that it's a product of millions of years of evolution in the making.
Evolution
Sep 28, 2017
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The idea of proteins that can be designed on computers for specific functions has been a cutting-edge concept that has stubbornly remained "in the future." New research at the Weizmann Institute of Science may bring that ...
Biochemistry
Sep 28, 2017
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Have you ever thought to yourself, "I'll bet that's true," before you had all the facts? Most people probably have at some point.
Social Sciences
Sep 28, 2017
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The development of a new technique for labelling the body's own transporters—exosomes—could have long term benefits in the treatment of life-threatening medical conditions, including cancer.
Bio & Medicine
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