In the mid-1950s, domesticated cats in Minamata, Japan mysteriously began to convulse and fall into the bay. The people of Minamata took on similar symptoms shortly after, losing their ability to speak, move, and think.
Environment
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If Brazil won't stop them, then perhaps others should step in?
Environment
Sep 6, 2019
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Colorado took the unusual step of inviting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to downgrade the air quality rating of the state's biggest population center, and not everyone thinks that was a good idea.
Environment
Sep 6, 2019
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President Vladimir Putin on Thursday gave a dressing down to space officials on a visit to Russia's long-delayed and corruption-tainted cosmodrome in the Far East.
Space Exploration
Sep 6, 2019
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A rare deer species that lived in central Thailand might have come back from the dead—without the help from sci-fi-like genetic engineering.
Plants & Animals
Sep 6, 2019
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A study out of Texas State University attempted to determine the number of available horticultural community service opportunities for individuals completing community service hours per their probation or parole requirements, ...
Social Sciences
Sep 6, 2019
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How do stars and planets form? Scientists are now one step closer to pinning down the conditions for the formation of proto-stellar disks. Observations of three systems in the early stages of star formation in the Perseus ...
Astronomy
Sep 6, 2019
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Hot on the heels of the ground-breaking 'Sum-Of-Three-Cubes' solution for the number 33, a team led by the University of Bristol and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has solved the final piece of the famous 65-year-old ...
Mathematics
Sep 6, 2019
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A more environmentally-friendly and sustainable method of producing the useful chemical 1,2,4-butanetriol has been discovered. The Kobe University team were the first in the world to utilize a method involving the direct ...
Biochemistry
Sep 6, 2019
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Lithium-sulphur batteries are regarded as one of the most promising candidates for the next generation of energy storage devices. They have a theoretical gravimetric energy density that is five times higher than that of the ...
Materials Science
Sep 6, 2019
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