The Stephan's Quintet of galaxies was discovered by astronomer Édouard Stephan in 1877. At the time, however, he reported the discovery of 'new nebulae', as the concept of other galaxies beyond our Milky Way was only formalised ...
Astronomy
Dec 21, 2015
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This image, taken with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 on board the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the globular cluster Terzan 1. Lying around 20,000 light-years from us in the constellation of Scorpius (The Scorpion), ...
Astronomy
Dec 21, 2015
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Workplace incivility should be treated with the utmost seriousness. This is the finding of three psychologists at Lund University in Sweden who surveyed nearly 6 000 people on the social climate in the workplace. Their studies ...
Social Sciences
Dec 4, 2015
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Snapchat Inc. is the latest startup to fall victim to fears that investors have become overzealous in valuing privately held technology companies.
Business
Nov 11, 2015
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Reproduction for a female fig wasp can be a nightmarish process. When she is ready to lay her eggs, she leaves the fig in which she was born and became pregnant and searches for another. After she finds it, she enters it ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 11, 2014
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When in doubt, an expert always knows better. Except in the case of mutual-fund managers. There may be some room for doubt in their case a new study by Andriy Bodnaruk, an assistant finance professor at the University of ...
Economics & Business
Nov 5, 2014
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Financial experts do not make higher returns on their own investments than untrained investors, according to research by a Michigan State University business scholar.
Economics & Business
Oct 28, 2014
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This beautiful star cluster, NGC 3293, is found 8000 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Carina (The Keel). This cluster was first spotted by the French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille in 1751, during his ...
Astronomy
Jul 23, 2014
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Hackers on Sunday targeted the website of Oman's official news agency, singling out and mocking Algeria's newly re-elected president Abdelaziz Bouteflika as a handicapped "dictator".
Security
Apr 20, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Even if you're not shouting it from the housetops, there's a good chance the structure of your Facebook neighborhood will identify your romantic partner.
Computer Sciences
Feb 13, 2014
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