If we want to get rid of fossil fuels nationwide, there is a lot to do. It will be a generation project, that much is clear. Empa researchers Martin Rüdisüli, Sinan Teske and Urs Elber have now calculated how long and steep ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 8, 2019
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Schrödinger's cat is a thought experiment designed to explain quantum superposition and quantum measurement, which are the core characteristics of quantum physics. In this experiment, the cat inside the box can be both alive ...
Quantum Physics
May 3, 2022
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How and why does art make us feel the way we do?
Other
Mar 7, 2011
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Using a computer game, a research group at Aarhus University has found a way to gain deeper insight into the human thought process. The results have amazed the research director, who has discovered a kind of 'atlas of thoughts.' ...
Software
Mar 19, 2015
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From "girls suck at maths" and "men are so insensitive" to "he is getting a bit senile with age" or "black people struggle at university", there's no shortage of common cultural stereotypes about social groups. Chances are ...
Social Sciences
Aug 28, 2018
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Someday a future intelligent organism could sweep away a million years of dust and find the bones of a Homo sapiens and wonder what he was.
Archaeology
Mar 21, 2011
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The Super Bowl annually produces the year's largest TV audience, making it a prime event for advertisers to debut their flashy, new commercials. But ads with violent content aired during a sporting event that also contains ...
Social Sciences
Feb 1, 2011
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Comforting a friend or relative in distress may be a more hard-wired behavior than previously thought, according to a new study of bonobos, which are great apes known for their empathy and close relation to humans and chimpanzees. ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 30, 2013
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A paper on teenage suicide written by two assistant professors of sociology at the University of Memphis will be published in the field's flagship journal, the American Sociological Review, in April. "Are Suicidal Behaviors ...
Social Sciences
Apr 11, 2014
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Everyone is planning to return to the moon. At least 10 missions by half a dozen nations are scheduled before the end of 2021, and that's only the beginning.
Space Exploration
Aug 27, 2020
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