Parasitized honey bees, or "zombees," have been found for the first time in the mid-Atlantic region, according to researchers at San Francisco State University. The discovery, made in Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, was announced ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 3, 2014
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Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park is an iconic American landscape: It is a sub-alpine meadow surrounded by glacially sculpted granitic outcrops in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Because of its accessibility and aesthetic ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 3, 2014
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Between the years of 1969 and 1972 the astronauts of the Apollo missions personally explored the alien landscape of the lunar surface, shuffling, bounding, digging, and roving across six sites on the Moon. In order to prepare ...
Space Exploration
Nov 3, 2014
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Senior business executives and board members must embrace and encourage technology in their ranks or risk being left behind in a rapidly changing digital world, a QUT expert says.
Economics & Business
Nov 3, 2014
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Can this boat go any faster? Starting Sunday, a device developed by Anemomind will help Swiss sailor Alan Roura evaluate his performance during racing. The tool, which is also useful for amateur sailors, records GPS and environmental ...
Engineering
Nov 3, 2014
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As glaciers increasingly melt in the wake of climate change, it is not only the landscape that is affected. Thawing glaciers also release many industrial pollutants stored in the ice into the environment. Now, within the ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 3, 2014
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Assistant Professor of Astronomy Evan Kirby arrived on campus in August. Born and raised in New Orleans, Kirby earned his BS in 2004 from Stanford University; his undergraduate thesis involved trips to Pasadena to test an ...
Astronomy
Nov 3, 2014
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Tucked away in darkness and almost dead, algae can emerge from a frigid and foggy environment to live again—and perhaps even become the seeds for a new beginning that can provide biofuel for a clean energy future.
Biotechnology
Nov 3, 2014
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Wars have been foretold in future scenarios where climate change and population pressures over-stress shared river resources. Scientists believe they can rewrite this grim prophecy.
Social Sciences
Nov 3, 2014
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Tragically, the experimental spaceplane SpaceShipTwo crashed in the Mojave desert during a test flight on Friday, killing one pilot and injuring another.
Space Exploration
Nov 3, 2014
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