Scientists and philosopher team up, propose a new way to categorize minerals
A diamond lasts forever, but that doesn't mean all diamonds have a common history.
A diamond lasts forever, but that doesn't mean all diamonds have a common history.
Earth Sciences
Dec 21, 2020
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As Chile and Argentina witnessed the total solar eclipse on Dec. 14, 2020, unbeknownst to skywatchers, a little tiny speck was flying past the Sun—a recently discovered comet.
Space Exploration
Dec 18, 2020
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Data science and physics research at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and UNED has analyzed a centuries-old controversy over Beethoven's annotations about the tempo (the playing speed) of his works, which is considered ...
General Physics
Dec 17, 2020
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In 2020, each person in the world is producing about 1.7 megabytes of data every second. In just a single year, that amounts to 418 zettabytes—or 418 billion one-terabyte hard drives.
Nanophysics
Dec 09, 2020
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One of world's earliest examples of art, the enigmatic 'Venus' figurines carved some 30,000 years ago, have intrigued and puzzled scientists for nearly two centuries. Now a researcher from the University of Colorado Anschutz ...
Archaeology
Dec 01, 2020
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Researchers at Leipzig University and the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) have compiled the world's most comprehensive list of known plant species. It contains 1,315,562 names of vascular plants, ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 27, 2020
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It's almost impossible for humans to draw unbiased maps, even when they're trying.
Mathematics
Nov 25, 2020
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Machine learning has been used widely in the chemical sciences for drug design and other processes.
Materials Science
Nov 18, 2020
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Liberalism and conservatism are associated with qualitatively different psychological concerns, notably those linked to morality, shows a new study.
Political science
Nov 11, 2020
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On Oct. 29, mission operators sent a series of commands to NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft for the first time since mid-March. The spacecraft has been flying solo while the 70-meter-wide (230-foot-wide) radio antenna used to ...
Space Exploration
Nov 04, 2020
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