Scientists have discovered more than 5,000 exoplanets, or planets outside our solar system. As technologies for studying these worlds continue to advance, researchers may someday be able to search for signs of life on exoplanets ...
Space Exploration
Dec 21, 2022
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Emerging contaminants (ECs) including pharmaceuticals (PhCs), endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), benzotriazoles (BTRs), benzothiazoles (BTHs) and perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), pose a potential ecological threat when ...
Environment
Dec 15, 2022
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Devastating megafires are becoming more common, in part, because the planet is warming. But a new study led by SMU suggests bringing "good fire" back to the U.S. and other wildfire fire-prone areas, as Native Americans once ...
Environment
Dec 7, 2022
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In a major field campaign in 2020, Dr. Raphaela Vogel who is now at Universität Hamburg's Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN) and an international team from the Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 30, 2022
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The international collaboration developing the Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) has marked a significant testing milestone by successfully taking spectra of targeted stars.
Astronomy
Nov 11, 2022
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The improvement of human settlements is an important goal of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development, which has also attracted wide attention from the Chinese government and scholars. However, previous studies on ...
Social Sciences
Nov 9, 2022
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The process of unearthing a dinosaur skeleton from the ground, bit by bit, is complicated yet incredibly rewarding. The ups and downs of the excavation process is something Annie McIntosh and Mark Powers know all about—the ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Nov 7, 2022
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Newly proven technology developed at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility near Chincoteague, Virginia, turns a single sounding rocket into a hive deploying a swarm of up to 16 instruments. The technology offers unprecedented accuracy ...
Space Exploration
Nov 3, 2022
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Good feline health care necessitates visiting the veterinary clinic, but many components of a veterinary visit or stay may potentially result in negative experiences. The impacts can be far-reaching, including distress and ...
Veterinary medicine
Nov 2, 2022
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Whistleblowing is a cornerstone of corporate governance. It allows employees to anonymously disclose questionable financial matters about their companies to help prevent fraud, which is a pressing issue in Canada. It's also ...
Social Sciences
Oct 27, 2022
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