S.Africa ideal for world's largest telescope: minister
South Africa is well-placed to host the world's largest telescope because the costs would be lower, according to the deputy science minister.
South Africa is well-placed to host the world's largest telescope because the costs would be lower, according to the deputy science minister.
Space Exploration
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Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt cast a science-fiction vision of the future as the world's top tech fair opened Monday, with the German IT sector predicting record sales in 2012.
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Environmental groups said Tuesday that US President Barack Obama's plan to combat climate change is long overdue but not enough to reverse a global problem that is outpacing the solutions.
Environment
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Researchers led by Prof. Tian Jia from the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a new strategy for visible-light-induced selective carbon dioxide (CO2) conversion by mimicking ...
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The answer to the climate crisis could be seizing social and political tipping points where a modest intervention can lead to massive change, suggest leading University of Oxford economists.
Earth Sciences
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Consumers who feel financially deprived are more likely to seek scarce products, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Social Sciences
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Drought had already devastated Allawddin Rahimi's wheat fields when the Taliban reached his village in northern Afghanistan. The group's takeover left him with no choice but to flee.
Environment
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Environment
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