The fast-rising number of desalination plants worldwide—now almost 16,000, with capacity concentrated in the Middle East and North Africa—quench a growing thirst for freshwater but create a salty dilemma as well: how ...
Environment
Jan 14, 2019
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Could this be the end of the Opportunity rover? There's been no signal from the rover since last summer, when a massive global dust storm descended on it. But even though the craft has been silent and unreachable for six-and-a-half ...
Space Exploration
Jan 9, 2019
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The Earth has already warmed approximately 1.7 degrees since 1901, the Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA) reports, and projected warming between 2.7 degrees and 3.6 degrees by 2100 will bring even more record-breaking ...
Environment
Dec 11, 2018
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What is the role of classrooms in an era of political polarization and rising extremist ideologies, hate crimes and violence?
Education
Nov 19, 2018
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NASA has changed its mind about how long it will continue to seek contact with an aging robotic vehicle that was blanketed in a dust storm on Mars back in June and has been stalled ever since.
Space Exploration
Oct 30, 2018
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Greater freedom of movement and investments in human rights and social opportunities can help protect humans from environmental threats like rising sea levels, new research says.
Environment
Oct 29, 2018
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In addition to increasing productivity, the introduction of industrial robots has increased wages for the employees. At the same time, industrial robots have also changed the labour market by increasing the number of job ...
Robotics
Oct 22, 2018
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NASA still hasn't heard from the Opportunity rover, but at least we can see it again.
Space Exploration
Sep 25, 2018
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NASA is anxious to hear from its dust-silenced Mars rover, Opportunity, as the planet's red skies clear.
Space Exploration
Sep 1, 2018
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A planet-encircling dust storm on Mars, which was first detected May 30 and halted operations for the Opportunity rover, continues to abate.
Space Exploration
Aug 31, 2018
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