There are roughly 7,000 satellites whizzing around Earth, scanning our planet's surface and generating hundreds of terabytes of data every day. These satellites are operated by many different governments and commercial entities, ...
Planetary Sciences
May 11, 2023
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Using hydrophones to eavesdrop on a reef off the coast of Goa, India, researchers have helped advance a new low-cost way to monitor changes in the world's murky marine environments.
Ecology
Apr 27, 2023
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The last few years have seen the west swept by political polarization, much of which has played out online. Debates around race, gender and freedom of speech have splintered democracies, spread conspiracy theories and sparked ...
Economics & Business
Apr 14, 2023
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Inflammatory neurological diseases, such as multiple sclerosis (MS), can arise when cell-to-cell communication between cells in the central nervous system (CNS) goes awry. But exactly how this cellular crosstalk leads to ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 11, 2023
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Bands and artists on independent record labels get less than their fair share of access to the most popular playlists on streaming platforms such as Spotify—argues a new paper from the University of East Anglia.
Economics & Business
Mar 3, 2021
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People looking forward to binge watching their favorite TV shows over the holidays could be surprised to find that it's not only bad for streaming platforms, but also negatively impacts their personal viewing experience.
Economics & Business
Dec 8, 2020
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It is estimated around half the world's students' schools remain shut down. All told, this has been a potentially damaging disruption to the education of a generation.
Education
Oct 26, 2020
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Being able to identify crop problems early can make the difference between saving a crop and losing it, but high-tech solutions can be costly. An interdisciplinary team of researchers thinks a new approach leveraging existing ...
Ecology
Jun 10, 2020
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You've been harassed online and the social platform has removed the offending post, so that's it, right? End of story.
Social Sciences
Mar 26, 2020
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Sometimes an art forgery is so sophisticated, it fools even the experts. For example, in 2011, Sotheby's brokered a deal for a darkly coloured gentleman's portrait said to be by 17th century painter Frans Hals the Elder. ...
Software
Apr 10, 2019
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