How people vote in the Eurovision Song Contest may tell us more than just the musical tastes of a nation—according to new research.
Social Sciences
May 11, 2020
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As we endure the current COVID-19 crisis with its important measures of social isolation and distancing, those of us in the northern hemisphere can perhaps take some solace in seeing the arrival of spring.
Plants & Animals
Apr 28, 2020
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NASA's Mars 2020 rover is one step closer to having its own name after 155 students across the U.S. were chosen as semifinalists in the "Name the Rover" essay contest. Just one will be selected to win the grand prize—the ...
Space Exploration
Jan 14, 2020
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Red rover, red rover, send a name for Mars 2020 right over! NASA is recruiting help from students nationwide to find a name for its next Mars rover mission.
Space Exploration
Aug 29, 2019
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A second grader dreamt up Google's latest playful take on its logo.
Internet
Jan 08, 2019
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Since 2009, the Entomological Society of America (ESA) has held a contest called "YouTube Your Entomology," which invites entomologists to showcase their talents and creativity through video. The popular contest has been ...
Other
Jul 20, 2016
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How do you watch television? Perhaps you move from a traditional cable or satellite broadcast to a streaming service on your PC, tablet or phone? Or maybe you like to 'multi-task' during TV time, checking the news on your ...
Software
Apr 20, 2016
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How can we make walking rehabilitation easier, more fun and more effective? This is the question that the University of Twente, De Hoogstraat Revalidatie, UMC Utrecht and LedGo have been working hard to answer in the past ...
Engineering
Apr 05, 2016
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While most hackathons and programming contests encourage participants to develop usable software, a contest hosted by Binghamton University's Scott Craver asks users to develop code that is "subtly evil."
Security
Aug 26, 2015
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The MIT Climate CoLab has opened public voting to select the top innovative ideas on how to tackle climate change.
Environment
Aug 06, 2015
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