An international team of scientists studying what amounts to a computer-simulated "pulsar in a box" are gaining a more detailed understanding of the complex, high-energy environment around spinning neutron stars, also called ...
Astronomy
Oct 11, 2018
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Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) could be a step closer to saving the critically endangered swift parrot, after showing it's possible to predict where the parrots will settle to breed.
Plants & Animals
Oct 2, 2018
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A small, black box developed in a McMaster University lab could change the way scientists search for new antibiotics.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 29, 2018
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New evidence has raised concerns about the possibility of feral cats preying upon the critically endangered Leadbeater's possum, with a cat detected on cameras at two nest boxes used by the possums.
Ecology
Jul 26, 2018
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A team of researchers with the University of London and Imperial College London has found through field experiments that bumblebee colonies tend to do better in urban environments than agricultural environments. In their ...
Competing bids from Comcast and Disney for the bulk of Twenty-First Century Fox come as the media landscape changes and companies get more involved in both creating and distributing content.
Business
Jun 14, 2018
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The great Laurel-or-Yanny debate of 2018 was so fun because it shined a light on the often-illusory nature of auditory perception. What you hear may not be the same as what somebody else hears. Or, perhaps what you hear could ...
Social Sciences
Jun 8, 2018
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In past negotiations aimed at reducing the arsenals of the world's nuclear superpowers, chiefly the U.S. and Russia, a major sticking point has been the verification process: How do you prove that real bombs and nuclear devices—not ...
General Physics
Apr 19, 2018
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Bitcoin has been on a volatile ride in recent times, its value rising and falling like a kite caught in variable winds.
Internet
Apr 17, 2018
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Ten-day-old baby birds are able to maintain their regular body temperature despite nest box temperatures of 50 degrees C or above. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden now report that nestlings pay a high price for regulating ...
Ecology
Apr 5, 2018
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