The world's airlines pledged to reach "net zero" carbon emissions by 2050 on Monday even as a trade group forecast profit losses from the pandemic extending into next year.
Environment
Oct 4, 2021
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In a historic first, Russia is set to launch an actor and a film director into space to make a feature film in orbit—a project the nation's space chief has hailed as a chance to raise the prestige of Russia's space program.
Space Exploration
Oct 4, 2021
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Authorities on the Spanish island of La Palma said Monday they are tightening their surveillance of an erupting volcano, after part of the crater collapsed and unleashed a cascade of more liquid and faster-moving lava.
Environment
Oct 4, 2021
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As the pandemic grinds on through a second year, many American workers are feeling the pressure, and many say they intend to leave their jobs within a year, according to a new survey from the American Psychological Association.
Social Sciences
Oct 4, 2021
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While most of the largest U.S. wildfires occur in the Western U.S., almost three-quarters of the smoke-related deaths and visits to the emergency room for asthma occur east of the Rocky Mountains.
Earth Sciences
Oct 4, 2021
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Scientist use superconducting detectors (MKIDs) to capture single photons coming from exoplanets. MKIDs constantly monitor their own kinetic inductance, which changes proportionally to the energy of an incoming photon. Researchers ...
Quantum Physics
Oct 4, 2021
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When Pluto passed in front of a star on the night of August 15, 2018, a Southwest Research Institute-led team of astronomers had deployed telescopes at numerous sites in the U.S. and Mexico to observe Pluto's atmosphere as ...
Astronomy
Oct 4, 2021
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Scientists at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science have sequenced the genome of the blue crab. The best way to understand an organism is to understand its genetic makeup, also known as its genome. Once ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 4, 2021
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For several years now, large investment firms have used public proclamations, like BlackRock's "Dear CEO" letters, to signal their commitment to corporate social responsibility. New research shows the companies these firms ...
Economics & Business
Oct 4, 2021
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JILA scientists have boosted the sensitivity of their decade-old frequency comb breathalyzer a thousandfold and can detect additional biomarkers of disease—four now, with the potential for six more. When validated and engineered ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 4, 2021
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