An international research team, including a member of the Complexity Science Hub Vienna, investigated the role of "big gods" in the rise of complex large-scale societies. Big gods are defined as moralizing deities who punish ...
Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 21, 2019
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The vast majority of people who fish in the world do so for pleasure, not food. Yet despite the substantial impacts these fishers have on fish populations and aquatic ecosystems worldwide, fishery management approaches still ...
Ecology
Mar 19, 2019
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The mass killing of migratory birds in Cyprus has reached a record low mainly due to a clampdown on illegal trapping in British military-controlled areas, a conservationist group said Monday.
Ecology
Mar 18, 2019
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After building the world's biggest and most powerful social network in history, Mark Zuckerberg says the future of Facebook is something else.
Internet
Mar 08, 2019
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Oxygen in the form of the oxygen molecule (O2), produced by plants and vital for animals, is thankfully abundant in Earth's atmosphere and oceans. Researchers studying the history of O2 on Earth, however, know that it was ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 25, 2019
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Researchers from across Norwich Research Park have launched a new system for organising vast datasets on climate and crops.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Feb 25, 2019
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Species are often involved in complex interactions with other species, which can affect their occurrence, abundance, feeding habits and disease transmission. Observing and studying species interactions can be difficult. To ...
Ecology
Feb 22, 2019
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Scientists using neutron scattering methods to look at the behavior of materials under stress or during phase changes and chemical reactions can view processes from new angles using event-based data. Understanding phase changes ...
General Physics
Feb 21, 2019
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Trends in family demography in the United States and other industrialized nations such as declining and delayed marriage and childbearing have, until recently, been predominantly studied using large-scale datasets identifying ...
Social Sciences
Feb 14, 2019
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The new governor of the state that is home to Silicon Valley said Tuesday his team is working on a plan for a "data dividend" that internet firms would pay users.
Internet
Feb 13, 2019
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