Asteroids, meteors, and meteorites … It might be fair to say these rocks from space inspire both wonder and fear among us Earthlings. But knowing a bit more about each of them and how they differ may eliminate some potential ...
Space Exploration
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Kings Park's reptile population has overcome 20 years of bushfire, urbanisation and feral predation to maintain similar species diversity to that recorded in 1995.
Ecology
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Most models of ground motion during earthquakes have the earth shifting and grinding, then returning to essentially the same state as before once the temblor ends. But during earthquakes, especially large ones, the earth ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 3, 2015
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A computerised braking system in development at the Department of Engineering could lead to a major improvement in lorry safety.
Engineering
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In the world of foreign affairs, there are written or unwritten rules – behavioural norms – under which states operate. But there is little, if any, comparable set of structures governing actions taken in cyberspace. ...
Internet
Jun 3, 2015
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Material researchers at the INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials will be presenting a composite material which prevents metal corrosion in an environmentally friendly way, even under extreme conditions. It can be used ...
Materials Science
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By any metric, Garrett Hardin's The Tragedy of the Commons article in Science, a copy of his address as 1968 president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, rates among the most important in the history ...
Social Sciences
Jun 3, 2015
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From Star Wars to Futurama to Alien, the idea that humans can be frozen in time in order to be awoken later is a well-established sci-fi trope. While stopping biological time or inducing long-term hibernation is still as ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 3, 2015
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Here are a few things you can do to make your lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries last longer, whether they be used in an electric car, a large home installation – such as Tesla's newly announced Powerwall – or in your portable ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 3, 2015
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NASA's Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, or AIM, spacecraft has spotted a luminous patch of electric-blue drifting across the Arctic Circle. The sighting marks the beginning of the 2015 season for noctilucent clouds (NLCs).
Earth Sciences
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