When to evacuate residents during a wildfire
When a wildfire breaks out and approaches a community, how do emergency managers decide when residents should evacuate?
Environment
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Large trucks are biggest culprits of near-road air pollution
For the 30 per cent of Canadians who live within 500 metres of a major roadway, a new study reveals that the type of vehicles rolling past their homes can matter more than total traffic volume in determining the amount of ...
Environment
Sep 10, 2018
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Traffic noise may make birds age faster
Traffic noise may be associated with an increased rate of telomere loss in Zebra finches that have left the nest, according to a study published in Frontiers in Zoology. Telomeres are caps on the ends of chromosomes that ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 27, 2018
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'Traffic wardens' of cells can be counterproductive
A research team led by Raquel Oliveira (IGC) and Rui Gonçalo Martinho (CBMR/ UAlg), found that a mechanism of cell division control can be associated with an increase of errors in chromosome distribution. This process can ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 16, 2018
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Uber faces new roadblock in New York on its way to IPO
Uber will have to navigate around a new regulatory pothole in New York on an already bumpy road to its initial public offering of stock next year.
Business
Aug 9, 2018
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Building more flexible barriers to save lives on country roads
Each year in Victoria around 75 people are killed—and more than 500 hospitalised—after running off the road or having a head-on crash on high-speed country roads. Many of these are country Victorians, with 47 per cent ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 9, 2018
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Cupertino shelves proposed 'head tax' on Apple employees for now
The Cupertino City Council on Tuesday night put the brakes on a controversial plan to impose an employee "head tax" on Apple and other businesses.
Business
Aug 2, 2018
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Lessons to learn, despite another report on missing flight MH370 and still no explanation
The latest report into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 says that investigations have failed to find any explanation as to why the aircraft went missing with 239 passengers and crew on board.
Other
Jul 31, 2018
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Spain: Taxi drivers block streets over ride-hailing services
Striking taxi drivers brought traffic in parts of major Spanish cities to a standstill Monday by stopping their vehicles in major thoroughfares to protest ride-hailing services.
Business
Jul 30, 2018
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Bad dogs die young, many from euthanasia, British study says
Bad dogs tend to die young, according to a British study that says aggression, excessive barking and disobedience are among behaviors that can doom canine pets to an early demise.
Plants & Animals
Jul 24, 2018
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