'Revenge porn' takes toll on millions, study shows
It may be a jilted lover looking for payback after a breakup. Or it could be a hacker releasing intimate images of a celebrity.
Security
Dec 13, 2016
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Indian rover begins exploring moon's south pole
India began exploring the moon's surface with a rover on Thursday, a day after it became the first nation to land a craft near the largely unexplored lunar south pole.
Space Exploration
Aug 24, 2023
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Saturday Citations: Wear a helmet around supermassive black holes. Also, cute koalas and quantum therapy for cancer
This week, we looked at the swirling chaos around supermassive black holes, anthropogenic climate effects over the Atlantic ocean and the threats to koalas.
Are attention spans really collapsing? Data shows UK public is worried, but also see technology benefits
Claims of a supposed "attention war" have seen new technology blamed for a decline in our ability to concentrate—but a major new survey of the UK public by the Policy Institute and Centre for Attention Studies at King's ...
Social Sciences
Feb 16, 2022
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Getting shot by police is a leading cause of death for black men in America
About 1 in 1,000 black men and boys in America can expect to die at the hands of police, according to a new analysis of deaths involving law enforcement officers. That makes them 2.5 times more likely than white men and boys ...
Social Sciences
Aug 19, 2019
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Scientists show that female fruit flies can be 'too attractive' to males
Females can be too attractive to the opposite sex -- too attractive for their own good -- say biologists at UC Santa Barbara. They found that, among fruit flies, too much male attention directed toward attractive females ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 8, 2009
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Carbon dioxide from water pollution, as well as air pollution, may adversely impact oceans
Carbon dioxide (CO2) released into the oceans as a result of water pollution by nutrients—a major source of this greenhouse gas that gets little public attention—is enhancing the unwanted changes in ocean acidity due ...
Environment
Sep 19, 2012
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Study shows restrictions on wood burning in Utah dramatically improve air quality
A new University of Utah study on the impact of wood burning stoves and fireplaces along Utah's Wasatch Front proves that 20-year-old restrictions have had a tremendous impact on the state's air quality.
Environment
Feb 6, 2020
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How to live off the land... in a major US city
Rob Greenfield needs a lift. He often does, as he doesn't own a car.
Environment
Nov 7, 2019
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Yangtze dolphin's decline mirrored by other animals
(Phys.org) -- Monitoring numbers of the baiji, the now-extinct freshwater dolphin of the Yangtze river, would also have let researchers track the decline of other threatened animals, including the Yangtze paddlefish and Reeves' ...
Ecology
Aug 13, 2012
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