Image: SDO views active region loops
An active region viewed in profile put on quite a show of erupting plasma and looping arches on Sept. 22-23, 2015.
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Wildfires continue to beleaguer the US western states
Wildfires continue to plague several states in the West. In this image taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument that flies onboard NASA's Aqua satellite, fires can be seen in Washington, ...
Environment
Sep 30, 2015
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Where were the whistleblowers in the Volkswagen emissions scandal?
The "defeat device" used by Volkswagen to cheat emissions testing in its diesel vehicles may be history's most costly software-related blunder.
Business
Sep 30, 2015
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An army of tiny robots that tracks galaxies
Why is the universe expanding at an increasing rate? Scientists will attempt to gain a better understanding of this phenomenon by mapping the distribution of galaxies in the universe. Astrophysicists and robotics engineers ...
Astronomy
Sep 30, 2015
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Why it hurts to see others suffer—pain and empathy linked in the brain
The human brain processes the experience of empathy – the ability to understand another person's pain – in a similar way to the experience of physical pain. This was the finding of a paper that specifically investigated the ...
Social Sciences
Sep 30, 2015
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Parenting in the animal world: Turning off the infanticide instinct
Many bachelor mammals, including lions, mountain gorillas, monkeys, and mice, attack and kill the offspring of other males—a form of infanticide—yet display parental behavior once they themselves become fathers. Now, scientists ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 30, 2015
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Premarital births no longer predict breakups
Examining changes in parental unions near the time of childbirth, social science researchers have found that premarital births do not predict breakups so long as couples marry – at some point – after a child is born.
Social Sciences
Sep 30, 2015
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One in four young adults in Philadelphia are "disconnected" from both work and school
One in four people in Philadelphia between the ages of 18 and 24 are "disconnected" from the labor market – out of school and out of work – according to a new study from Drexel University's Center for Labor Markets and Policy. ...
Social Sciences
Sep 30, 2015
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Finding that water is likely on Mars improves the prospects of microbial life there
When NASA on Monday confirmed the presence of liquid water on Mars, some scientists said the findings increased the likelihood of finding life on the Red Planet and of learning much more about its past. The discovery also ...
Space Exploration
Sep 30, 2015
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Disappearing carbon circuits on graphene could have security, biomedical uses
In the television drama "Mission Impossible," instructions for the mission were delivered on an audio tape that destroyed itself immediately after being played. Should that series ever be revived, its producers might want ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 30, 2015
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