Grand Bend fireball may have dropped meteorites
Nothing lights up the night – or sparks the interest of researchers – quite like a meteor sighting.
Space Exploration
Jan 29, 2018
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Study explores how gender defines the gym
Getting to the gym is hard enough, but when it comes to working out, the stereotypes about men and women you pack along with your water bottle can be far more difficult to overcome than any treadmill or barbell.
Social Sciences
Dec 1, 2017
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Breakthrough in tornado short-term forecasting could mean earlier, more accurate warnings
When mere seconds of storm warning could mean the difference between harm or safety, two researchers with ties to Western University in London, Canada, have developed a tornado-prediction method they say could buy as much ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 27, 2017
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Database eyes human role in earthquakes
A new database showcasing hundreds of examples of human-triggered earthquakes should shake up policy-makers, regulators and industry executives looking to mitigate these unacceptable hazards caused by our own actions, according ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 20, 2017
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Researcher crashes into moon mystery solution
Western researcher Philip Stooke may soon get his own television series – CSI: The Moon – if he keeps uncovering mysterious crash sites on the omnipresent astronomical body.
Space Exploration
Oct 12, 2017
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Researcher unearths hottest rock on record
It was a stroke of serendipity that led to Michael Zanetti's discovery of the hottest rock on Earth.
Earth Sciences
Sep 29, 2017
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Study scraps food waste fallacies
For Paul van der Werf, it's not about food waste. It's about food.
Environment
Sep 29, 2017
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Study unlocks why public appeals may fall flat with some would-be donors
It has long puzzled fundraisers why, in any appeal, some people will eagerly jump in with the throng while others equally passionate about the cause will reject the same pitch.
Social Sciences
Sep 28, 2017
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Seniors shaping the way we live, cities grow
Senior citizens are shaping the way neighbourhoods evolve and grow, all in the name of maintaining deeper connections to their communities as they age, according to one Western researcher's work inside a pair of London neighbourhoods.
Social Sciences
Sep 15, 2017
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Researchers building resilience amid the roiling waters
They produce winds strong enough to swallow whole islands in their maw. They whip up waves that re-shape cityscapes. And they bring rains and floods, devastating and seemingly relentless.
Environment
Sep 15, 2017
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