Researcher to review evidence of Amelia Earhart theory
Legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart may not have perished in a plane crash as many have long assumed.
Legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart may not have perished in a plane crash as many have long assumed.
Archaeology
Jan 11, 2017
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Spectral bats, also called false vampire bats for their imposing size—with a wingspan of over three feet—are the largest bats in the Americas and typically roost in trees in lowland forests.
Plants & Animals
Dec 12, 2016
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Every day, Rachel Kronyak walks around the surface of the planet Mars, examining a rock or getting a closer look at a butte framing the horizon.
Space Exploration
Dec 5, 2016
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One of the stumbling blocks that has held back more widespread adaptation of certain forms of green energy has been the higher cost associated with first converting to them.
Materials Science
Dec 2, 2016
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When an 8-magnitude earthquake struck Yingjie Hu's home province of Sichuan, China, in 2008, he was more than 1,000 miles away attending college in Shanghai. While Hu wanted to help, there wasn't much he could do due to the ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 28, 2016
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What would happen if a lengthy disruption befell the major mode of transportation of U.S. corn and soybeans? What ramifications would that have on U.S. producers and the national economy? How would that affect U.S. competitiveness ...
Environment
Nov 2, 2016
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For over 60 years, scientists have theorized that a person's body shape and size could be influenced by the climate of where they live. Now a new study from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, suggests there's more to ...
Evolution
Aug 5, 2016
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Scientists and clinicians often encounter road blocks in designing specific treatments for diseases like cancer or developmental disorders because proteins that regulate cell functions through complex mechanisms are misunderstood.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 21, 2016
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Professional stock car driver Wendell Scott competed throughout the segregated Jim Crow South during the tense days of the civil rights movement. His fight to move about the racetrack on his own terms is a microcosm of today's ...
Social Sciences
Apr 4, 2016
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It is often true in life that adversity makes humans more likely to lean on one another.
Plants & Animals
Mar 17, 2016
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