Company town? In Seattle, some fret over Amazon's growth
Seattle, notorious for boom-and-bust cycles stretching back to the 19th century Alaska gold rush, is booming once again.
Business
Jul 3, 2015
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Pact with devil? California farmers use oil firms' water
An efficient solution to a historic drought, or an environmentally risky pact with the devil?
Environment
Jul 3, 2015
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'Invisible' protein structure explains the power of enzymes
A research group at Umeå University in Sweden has managed to capture and describe a protein structure that, until now, has been impossible to study. The discovery lays the base for developing designed enzymes as catalysts ...
Biochemistry
Jul 3, 2015
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Old World monkey had tiny, complex brain
The brain hidden inside the oldest known Old World monkey skull has been visualized for the first time. The creature's tiny but remarkably wrinkled brain supports the idea that brain complexity can evolve before brain size ...
Archaeology
Jul 3, 2015
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Researcher unravels century-old woolly tale to find truth behind massive bones
Animals go extinct, places too. And stories change. Boaz, a small village in Richland County, Wis., has only 156 people these days. There are a half-dozen streets, a couple of taverns, a small park with a baseball diamond ...
Archaeology
Jul 3, 2015
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Light echo helps researchers map out parts of galaxy
Thousands of years before humans invented agriculture, a bright burst of X-rays left the dense neutron star Circinus X-1, located in the faint Southern constellation Circinus. A year and a half ago, those X-rays were detected ...
Astronomy
Jul 3, 2015
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NASA tests nonstick aircraft wing coatings that let bug juice slide
Keeping bug guts off airplanes is a NASA's mission. Insect "residue" splattering on the wings of big aircraft as they take off is a real problem looking for a serious solution.
Space Exploration
Jul 3, 2015
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Cuban, US scientists bond over big sharks
Somewhere in the North Atlantic right now, a longfin mako shark—a cousin of the storied great white—is cruising around, oblivious to the yellow satellite tag on its dorsal fin.
Ecology
Jul 3, 2015
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Heaven scent: Finding may help restore fragrance to roses
Shakespeare said a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. In fact, many kinds of roses today have little fragrance. But a new discovery might change that.
Biotechnology
Jul 3, 2015
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Gimmicks and technology: California learns to save water
Billboards and TV commercials, living room visits, guess-your-water-use booths, and awards for water stinginess—a wealthy swath of Orange County that once had one of the worst records for water conservation in drought-stricken ...
Environment
Jul 3, 2015
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