Hunting Prospero
A relic of the early Space Age turns 44 years old this week.
Space Exploration
Oct 29, 2015
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China to end decades-old 1-child policy, allow 2 children
China said Thursday it would allow all married couples to have two children, signaling the end after 35 years to its drastic and unpopular "one-child" policy that has been blamed for skewing the gender balance, forcing women ...
Other
Oct 29, 2015
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Streamlined import of specimen and occurrence records into taxonomic manuscripts
Substantial amount of documented occurrence records is awaiting publication stored in repositories and data indexing platforms, such as the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD ...
Ecology
Oct 29, 2015
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Raising the standard: Communities, forests and carbon management
In a world first, a newly released standard for the good governance of forest projects in Nepal will ensure the management of forest-based carbon is guided by the wishes of local communities.
Environment
Oct 29, 2015
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Making cars of the future stronger, using less energy
Engineers at The Ohio State University have developed a new welding technique that consumes 80 percent less energy than a common welding technique, yet creates bonds that are 50 percent stronger.
Engineering
Oct 29, 2015
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Possible link to evolutionary development of the neural crest found in sea squirt tadpole
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers affiliated with New York and Dalhousie Universities, in the U.S. and Canada respectively, has found a possible intermediate cell type that might help understand the evolutionary process ...
Working group: What physical principles predict life?
We are immersed in life here on Earth, but life isn't found on the Moon. Nor has it arisen, so far as we know, anywhere else in the solar system. Why do some physical environments precipitate life, and why don't others?
Space Exploration
Oct 29, 2015
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Researcher finds forest treatment contributes to increased snowpack
Snowpack can be difficult to measure in the rugged, varied terrain of northern Arizona's forests, and warming winters only complicate the picture. But a careful look into the past, layered with scrutiny of the present, reveals ...
Environment
Oct 29, 2015
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The puzzle of planetary protection
The recent announcement by NASA confirming the presence of liquid water on Mars pulls planetary protection into the spotlight and is causing some serious head-scratching in the scientific community. On the one hand, having ...
Space Exploration
Oct 29, 2015
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Major step towards a vaccine against a lethal disease that kills endangered tortoises
Researchers may have found the basis for a vaccine against a disease that threatens endangered tortoises.
Ecology
Oct 29, 2015
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