The human language is unique in that we can refer to objects, events and ideas. The combination of syllables and words enables humans to generate an infinite number of expressions. An important prerequisite for language is ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 6, 2015
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This image of Hungary, with the political border in white, is a mosaic of 11 scans by Sentinel-1A's radar from October to December 2014.
Earth Sciences
Mar 6, 2015
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Green wall technology and semi-transparent solar panels have been combined to generate electrical current from a renewable source of energy both day and night.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 6, 2015
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In nature, pores can continuously control how a living organism absorbs or excretes fluids, vapors and solids in response to its environment; for example, tiny holes invisible to the naked eye called stomata cover a plant's ...
Materials Science
Mar 6, 2015
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A new study offers insight into a process that could lead one species to diverge into two, researchers report in the American Naturalist.
Plants & Animals
Mar 6, 2015
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Hacking is a state of mind. Traditionally, hackers like to discover, understand and share the secrets they expose. They like to laugh at the dumb things they find. They're not necessarily in it for the money, more so for ...
Security
Mar 6, 2015
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Many scholars of Renaissance art tell us that Botticelli's Birth of Venus captures the tension between the celestial perfection of divine beauty and its flawed earthly manifestation. As classical ideas blossomed anew in 15th-century ...
Social Sciences
Mar 6, 2015
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The Universe is a magic time window, allowing us to peer into the past. The further out we look, the further back in time we see. Despite our brains telling us things we see happen at the instant we view them, light moves ...
Astronomy
Mar 6, 2015
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The sorry saga that is funding for Australia's most crucial national research infrastructure has dragged on for too many years. It is now at crisis point.
Other
Mar 6, 2015
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Truck drivers are at the wheel for up to ten hours a day. A comfortable climate in the driver's cab is of decisive importance to the driver's performance and driving safety. However, air conditioning systems may increase ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 6, 2015
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