Popular Thai holiday islands were engulfed with haze from Indonesian forest fires Thursday, forcing several planes packed with beach-bound tourists to turn back, further stoking regional tensions.
Environment
Oct 8, 2015
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Hamburgers could soon be debuting on Russian menus in space.
Space Exploration
Oct 8, 2015
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20
NASA says preliminary indications show that a modified motor performed as planned during a test flight.
Space Exploration
Oct 8, 2015
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16
Volkswagen's US chief revealed he knew more than a year ago that the group's cars possibly breached pollution rules, as he prepared to apologize Thursday before Congress over the massive scandal.
Business
Oct 8, 2015
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20
From satellites, to autonomous solar-powered drones, or balloons, there have been plenty of ideas recently on how to connect up the world. Facebook, Google, large international organisations, national governments, even Bono, ...
Internet
Oct 8, 2015
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22
Traditionally, cells have been categorized based on location within an organism, structure, function, or even developmental history. But recent advances suggest there might be better and more uniform approaches to cell classification ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 8, 2015
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15
Since the PLOS San Francisco office is a quick car ride from the Monterey Bay Aquarium, so many of us at PLOS have been captivated by jellyfish movements. They are simply mesmerizing to watch as they travel through the water. ...
Ecology
Oct 8, 2015
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Moore's Law, the observation that integrated circuits halve in size every two years, has been good to us. Prices for computers have dropped precipitously over the last few decades, even as their power has skyrocketed.
Quantum Physics
Oct 8, 2015
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Over the past half decade, ancient DNA research has revealed some surprising aspects to our evolutionary history during the past 50,000 years.
Archaeology
Oct 8, 2015
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Several of the plants grown as biofuel crops have proved to be invaders in some environments – spreading rapidly and overwhelming surrounding natural ecosystems. Concerns about these weedy tendencies have led many to contend ...
Ecology
Oct 8, 2015
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