Scientists have long puzzled over how pterosaurs became the first vertebrates to master flight. Some pterosaur species, such as the Quetzalcoatlus were the largest known animals to ever take to the skies, with wingspans of ...
Evolution
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Increasing complexity, evolving consumer expectations, and tightened development timelines means that physical product development increasingly comes unstuck when conventional methodologies are used. The predominant systems ...
Economics & Business
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Two massive wildfires that engulfed whole neighborhoods and displaced thousands in Los Angeles were totally uncontained on Thursday, authorities said, as shell-shocked residents began to pick through the charred wreckage ...
Environment
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Pawpaw fruits—the largest native fruits in North America—have become popular among foragers and foodies alike, with their custard-like texture and a sweet flavor often described as a cross between a mango and a banana.
Plants & Animals
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The oceans are heating up as the planet warms.
Environment
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Once, borrowing money to make a purchase was a relatively tedious process, not a spur-of-the-moment thing.
Economics & Business
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Last March, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget approved changes to the ethnic and racial self-identification questions used by all federal agencies, including the U.S. Census Bureau. The changes include merging the ...
Social Sciences
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Scientists at the University of Florida are testing a new type of citrus tree that can fight off the tiny insects responsible for citrus greening.
Molecular & Computational biology
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A combined team of chemists and nano-scientists at Cornell University has developed a wireless microelectronic device powered by light that can convert a well plate into an array of small electrochemical reactors.
"We take nothing by conquest…Thank God," wrote the National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser, an influential Washington newspaper, in February 1847.
Political science
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