Anger, relief but no joy as UN climate talks limp to an end
A marathon UN summit wrapped up Sunday with little to show, squeezing hard-earned compromises from countries over a global warming battle plan that fell well short of what science says is needed to tackle the climate crisis.
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How Madrid talks fell short on climate ambition
This year's U.N. climate negotiations in Madrid, the longest in 25 nearly annual such gatherings, ended Sunday with major polluters resisting calls to ramp up efforts to keep global warming at bay.
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Smog forces schools shut in Iran
Air pollution forced schools to close on Sunday in parts of Iran including Tehran, as the capital lay under a thick cloud of smog considered hazardous to health.
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Starwatch: the moon approaches the bright star in the lion's breast
Look east this week to find the constellation Leo, as the moon, entering its last phase, passes the bright white star Regulus The moon slides through the constellation of Leo , the Lion, this week, passing the bright star Regulus along the way. The chart shows the view looking east from London at midnight tonight, as 16 December becomes 17 December 2019. The moon is approaching its last quarter p
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Deep Breather
Explaining the very long steps of Earth's oxygenation—and perhaps that of other planets, too — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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The Bayes Appreciation Society
Sophie Carr shares her love for a fundamental theorem about probability — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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2010s Decade Rewind! This was a good decade. Will the next one be better? This decade is the decade of Smartphones and Internet I would say. What will define the new upcoming decade? Leave your thoughts
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Satellite as cell towers?
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What is the future of unmanned robotic boats for civilian use?
Say I build a robotic boat as a hobby. Maybe 5 to 10 feet long. Basically just a kayak with solar panels and electric motors. It could be completely autonomous or remote piloted. What laws, if any, are there currently for civilian unmanned surface vehicles? Could I take it out on a lake? What about out on the open ocean? What's to stop someone from just mounting a motor on a kayak and letting it
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Geoengineering may be the answer to climate change
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Vertical Farms Are Coming to U.S. Grocery Stores
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A Tesla on 'smart summon' can already detect and avoid shopping carts pushed into the car's path. Crazy world we live in.
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Modular construction startup Katerra cuts 200 jobs to embrace automation
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Canada wants 100 million people by 2100
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Greta Thunberg in Twitter spat with German rail firm
Deutsche Bahn says activist's tweet implied she had not been offered a seat on journey home Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has been criticised by a German rail firm for what it said was her implication that she had spent a journey without a seat on an overcrowded train. The teenager tweeted a photograph of herself looking pensively out of the window of her German train on Saturday, writi
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Why Nikola Tesla was obsessed with the Egyptian pyramids
Nikola Tesla had numerous unusual obsessions. One of his beliefs was that the Great Pyramids of Egypt were giant transmitters of energy. He built Tesla Towers according to laws inspired by studying the Pyramids. None Nikola Tesla died somewhat unappreciated but his fame and the myth around him has continued to grow tremendously into our times. He is now perceived as the ultimate mad scientist, th
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Ruth van Heyningen obituary
Biochemist and ophthalmologist whose research concentrated on the formation of cataracts Ruth van Heyningen, who has died aged 101, was a pioneering explorer of ophthalmic biochemistry, a field to which she made major contributions after she joined the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, at Oxford University, in 1951. Her research, much of which was carried out in collaboration with the laborat
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Can We Reverse the Brain Damage That Drug Use Causes?
Drugs can cause permanent harm to the brain. We're only beginning to find ways to heal the hurt.
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Alligators Don't Play Pick-Up Sticks to Lure Lunch
A new study casts doubt over the suggestion that alligators use sticks to catch birds — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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U.N. Climate Talks End With Few Commitments and a 'Lost' Opportunity
A key United Nations meeting ended early Sunday with the United States and other big polluters blocking even a nonbinding effort to enhance their climate targets next year.
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Consider the axolotl: Our great hope of regeneration?
It has long been understood, and by cultures too various to list, that salamanders have something of the supernatural about them. Their name is thought to derive from an ancient Persian vocable meaning 'fire within', and for at least 2,000 years they were believed to be impervious to flames, or even capable of extinguishing them on contact. Aristotle recorded this exceptional characteristic, as d
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Why learning a new language is like an illicit love affair
Learning a new language is a lot like entering a new relationship. Some will become fast friends. Others will hook their arms with calculus formulas and final-exam-worthy historical dates, and march right out of your memory on the last day of school. And then sometimes, whether by mere chance or as a consequence of a lifelong odyssey, some languages will lead you to the brink of love. Those are t
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Chrome Will Automatically Scan Your Passwords Against Data Breaches
Google's Password Checkup feature will be fully integrated into the desktop and mobile versions of Chrome 79.
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Beyond Physicalism
Philosopher Hedda Hassel Mørch defends the idea that consciousness pervades the cosmos — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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The Word 'They' Tops This Week's Internet News Roundup
It marks an important moment of recognition for a lot of people.
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Robotic Drones, a New Flight Simulator, and More Car News This Week
Cities get the okay to speed up buses, while Seattle tries to slow traffic.
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Beyond Physicalism
Philosopher Hedda Hassel Mørch defends the idea that consciousness pervades the cosmos — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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When Does a Boyfriend or Girlfriend Become Part of the Family?
It was October 2017, and Alyssa Lucido couldn't tell who, exactly, was being unreasonable. Her boyfriend of two years, with whom she'd been sharing an apartment in southern Oregon for a few months, had abruptly informed her that he would be taking a multiple-week tropical vacation over Christmas with his parents and older brother. Not only would Lucido and her partner not be spending the holiday
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Prime Leverage: How Amazon Wields Power in the Technology World
Software start-ups have a phrase for what Amazon is doing to them: 'strip-mining' them of their innovations.
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Why are whales so big, but not bigger?
Researchers identify biological drivers and ecological limits.
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OSIRIS-Rex marks its spot
NASA decides exactly where on Bennu the sample-seeking mission will land.
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Citizens needed to spot Australian butterflies
They're easy to see and lovely to look at, but data is surprisingly patchy.
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Science history: Irving Colburn let the light shine through
His ideas made mass production of glass for windows possible.
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Waymo: Udvalgte taxakunder bliver nu hentet af en helt tom bil
PLUS. Få og udvalgte brugere af taxitjenesten Waymo i Arizona oplever nu at blive fragtet af en førerløs bil.
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Mathematician Terence Tao Cracks a 'Dangerous' Problem
Tao has made huge progress on the Collatz conjecture, a simple-seeming puzzle that has bedeviled hapless mathematicians for decades.
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16 Gift Ideas for Movie Buffs: Posters, Books, Blu-Rays, Soundbars
From soundbars to movie posters, these are great gifts for your favorite cinephile.
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Plant Compounds Used to Successfully Treat Alzheimer's in Mice Now Shown to Prevent Other Effects of Aging
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Experts are worried about the damage air pollution is doing to us. Air pollution has been linked, over decades of research, to everything from diabetes and obesity to learning disabilities in children to dementia and even brain cancer.
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UN climate talks in Madrid have stalled. Countries are blaming the US. The United Nations meeting known as COP25 is now in overtime as the future of the 2015 Paris climate agreement hangs in the balance.
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SpaceX to Make Starlink Satellites Dimmer to Lessen Impact on Astronomy – Future batches of the satellite will have a special coating to reduce their reflectivity
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70% of Americans would support a nationwide mandate requiring that solar panels be installed on all newly built homes. The survey showed that the support for this measure is highest among younger adults.
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To err is human – is that why we fear machines that can be made to err less? Supposedly "intelligent" machines are judged by much higher standards than are humans. Whenever an autonomous vehicle kills someone there's a huge hoo-ha, while every year in the US nearly 40,000 people die in crashes.
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Space Curiosity
Just out of curiosity do yall think, We as humans are capable of designing a tool where we could talk to other living species on other planet. Like in the next decade or so, who knows maybe they found a way but don't want nobody going insane. submitted by /u/GGYoungbull [link] [comments]
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Researchers developed a self-cleaning surface that repel all forms of bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant superbugs, inspired by the water-repellent lotus leaf. A new study found it successfully repelled MRSA and Pseudomonas. It can be shrink-wrapped onto surfaces and used for food packaging.
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Climate change: Call for 'flexibility' to reach consensus at talks
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Climate change: Major emitters accused of blocking progress at UN talks
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Digitally Altered 'Deepfake' Videos A Growing Threat As 2020 Election Approaches | NBC Nightly News
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Volkswagen Group and Qatar have agreed to develop a public transit system of autonomous shuttles and buses by 2022 for the capital city of Doha.
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Scientists built AI to predict lifespan of different animals, by training it on known genomes of 252 species from five classes of animals, including mammals, reptiles and fish, and their maximum lifespans. It estimated that woolly mammoth could live up to 60 years and Denisovans, for about 38 years.
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The New L Word Is Expanding the Queer Aesthetic Canon
On The L Word , the first-ever scripted series following the lives of lesbian characters, hair has never been just hair. The core cast, mostly feminine-presenting West Hollywood residents, seemed to possess effortlessly luxuriant tresses, their varying colors and styles as much a testament to the women's affluence as to their characters' sensibilities. As if by magic, their hair maintained its sh
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Bing Maps Make the Revived *Flight Simulator* Eerily Realistic
The 3D mapping, along with data and technical guidance from avionics manufacturers, make Microsoft's long-loved flying program more than just a game.
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The Chrome Browser Settings You Should Tweak Right Now
Get the most out of Google's Chrome browser with these tips and tricks.
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5G Is More Secure Than 4G and 3G—Except When It's Not
The next-generation wireless networks make it harder to track and spoof users, but security holes remain because devices still connect to older networks.
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COP25: Longest climate talks end with compromise deal
Exhausted delegates reach agreement on the key question of ambition with tricky issues postponed.
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Prime Leverage: How Amazon Wields Power in the Technology World
Software start-ups have a phrase for what Amazon is doing to them: 'strip-mining' them of their innovations.
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Salman Rushie: 'Write for readers, not for critics'
Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie recounts his evolution as a writer who has grown more aware of the reader and less aware of the critic. Literary reviews, famously the Times Literary Supplement, were once anonymous—and brutal. Once the Times started publishing bylines with reviews, critics suddenly got much nicer. Anonymity, especially online, is a double-edged sword. In authoritarian s
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Lego-sortering med kunstig intelligens
Australier har bygget en sorteringsmaskine til Lego-klodser. Ved hjælp af neurale netværk og open source-databaser kan den trænes til at genkende alle eksisterende Lego-klodser.
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How to Conduct a Trial in the Senate
On Thursday, March 5, 1868, Chief Justice Salmon Portland Chase, dressed in his long black-silk robe, marched to the head of the Senate chamber and solemnly announced that "in obedience to notice, I have appeared to join with you in forming a Court of Impeachment for the trial of the President of the United States." Swearing that he would serve impartially as judge during the trial of President A
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Race against time to launch Europe's troubled mission to Mars
European Space Agency asks for help from Nasa with ExoMars project as trials fail and cost rises to €1bn Space engineers are racing against time to fix major faults in the robot probe they plan to send to Mars next year. The complex parachute system that should slow ExoMars – Europe's largest ever planetary mission – as it plunges into the Martian atmosphere failed catastrophically during recent
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This little piggy went to court: German piglets 'sue over castration'
Little piggies go to market, but in Germany they also go to court.
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This little piggy went to court: German piglets 'sue over castration'
Little piggies go to market, but in Germany they also go to court.
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What Does Tucker Carlson Believe?
(Stephen Voss / Redux) Tucker Carlson does not think he is an "especially" good person. He knows he can "get mad" and "make a mistake," that he can "overstate" things as a result of getting "caught up" in his own rhetoric. He also knows he can sometimes get "self-righteous," and this, as we speak on the set of his Fox News show on a recent Friday, seems to bother him the most. Because it is every
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Strong quake sends people out of malls in south Philippines
A strong earthquake jolted the southern Philippines on Sunday, causing a three-story building to collapse and prompting people to rush out of shopping malls, houses and other buildings in panic, officials said.
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Researchers discover exoplanets can be made less habitable by stars' flares
The discovery of terrestrial exoplanets, planets that orbit stars outside the solar system, has been one of the most significant developments in modern astronomy. Several exoplanets lie in the "habitable zones" of stars, where planets are thought to be able to maintain liquid water on their surface, and have the potential to host life. However, an exoplanet that is too close to its host star is hi
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This is what it takes to be a gold medal sprinter | Dina Asher-Smith
The attention after winning gold in Doha was amazing – but success really begins by staying focused I love being the hunter. The one in pursuit. In training, I'll latch on to the boys and chase them down. Even when I was younger, I tended to race girls who were older than me – at 17 I was racing 30-year-olds. It's where I'm comfortable. But the hunter can go on to become the hunted. And this summ
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Forskere: Olie-, kul- og gasgiganter er skyld i, at havet bliver ødelagt af CO2
Undersøgelse kæder 88 virksomheder sammen med forsuring. En proces, der slår livet i havene ihjel.
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Spørg Fagfolket: Hvordan undgår jeg frossen sprut i fryseren?
Det er julefrokosttid, og der skal øl og snaps i fryseren, men hvad kan man egentlig smide i fryseren eller sætte ud i sneen, uden at det går ud over indholdet?
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Greta Thunberg apologises for 'put leaders against the wall' comment
The teenage climate activist says the phrase has a different meaning in her first language, Swedish.
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Here's What Happened When a City in Alaska Took Fluoride Out of Its Drinking Water
The genie is out of the bottle.
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A Physicist Has a Bold Plan to Make a Gamma-Ray Laser With The Help of Antimatter
The final frontier in lasers.
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We're All Made of Stardust. But an Unusual Amount on Earth Comes From Red Giants
Our planet stands out in the Solar System.
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More Research Says Water Births Are as Safe as 'Land Births', But Experts Are Conflicted
Here's what you need to know.
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May I have a word about… lasers and their more unusual uses | Jonathan Bouquet
How to tell a drug dealer from a pastry chef, the scientific way Science is not my strong suit, but even I know the worth of lasers – eye surgery, sawing James Bond in half. But a recent report suggests myriad uses for these devices, from combating climate change to detecting fake whisky. According to Dr Robin Head, a scientist at M Squared Lasers, the use of lasers is why "we can suddenly differe
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Jeg elsker saunagus, men jeg undrer mig: Er det egentligt sundt?
Ifølge en professor og en læge kan saunaen have masser af positive effekter. Men den er ikke for alle.
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NYU Abu Dhabi researcher discovers exoplanets can be made less habitable by stars' flares
In this new study, NYUAD Center for Space Science Research Scientist Dimitra Atri found that not all exoplanets in habitable zones will be able to maintain hospitable conditions for life. Exoplanets in close proximity to stars are subject to radiation bursts which can disrupt habitable conditions unless the exoplanet has significant atmospheric or magnetic shielding.
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Vind med Ingeniørens julekalender: 15. december
Vær med i Ingeniørens julekalender 2019. Hver dag med nye præmier!
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Citizen Scientists Deserve Journal Status Upgrade
Here's an argument that citizen scientists deserve co-authorship on scientific journal papers to which they contributed research.
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Citizen Scientists Deserve Journal Status Upgrade
Here's an argument that citizen scientists deserve co-authorship on scientific journal papers to which they contributed research. — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Video Friday: This Robot Is Learning About Personal Space to Avoid Pesky Humans
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Michael Bloomberg wants to shut down coal by 2030 and start killing gas plants
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Will we need stationery houses in the future?
Given that the climate crisis might make the ability to migrate a matter of life and death, and given that we now have the ability to get enough energy reliably from a camper sized dwelling. Might it be advisable to update our system so you don't need to receive traditional mail in order to participate in society. If you can sustain a decent standard of life, and be mobile isn't that a huge advan
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Sound waves can be used to separate microplastics from laundry wastewater, reports new study. Oceans are currently under threat from "microplastic", which may be shed by synthetic fabrics as they're being washed. The new setup was found to capture 95% of PET fibers, and 99% of Nylon 6 fibers.
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MDMA could be tailored to make it more suitable for treating mental illness: a mouse study demonstrates it is possible to separate the substance's ability to enhance sociability from its addictive potential
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CYBunkER – inspired by Tesla's Cybertruck this cabin/dwelling unit is a modular architecture that can be deployed as a hi-tech depot, an ADU (Accessory Dwelling Unit), or an off-grid residence dubbed CYBunkER.
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How to Slow Aging (and even reverse it)
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Mass baby bat deaths threaten forests' futures as effects of drought, bushfires mount. Between the drought and bushfire damage to their habitat, bats are having to travel further in search of food, meaning the mothers themselves are exhausted and malnourished.
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In The War For Information Will Quantum Computers Defeat Cryptographers?
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Opinion: Small modular reactors help us take a giant leap in the fight against climate change
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For the first time, China has taken the Nature Index crown as the biggest producer of high-quality research in chemistry, knocking the United States down to second place.
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86 fashion companies have asked political leaders around the world to partner with them to deliver effective climate action. It is supported by all fashion charter companies and championed by CEOs including Aldo Group, Nike Inc., Puma SE, PVH Corp. and nine CEOs from brands, suppliers and retailers.
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Russia will test swarms for anti-robot combat in 2020
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Killer Robots Aren't Regulated. Yet.
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Deep Learning breakthrough made by Rice University scientists – , "[its] training times are about 7-10 times faster, and… memory footprints are 2-4 times smaller" than those of previous large-scale deep learning techniques.
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Do adults fall for visual illusions easier than babies and children? [Click to view the entire question]
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cognition of unknown objects [Click on the link to view the entire question]
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What ingredients are in vaccines?
In this Special Feature article, we explore the various components that go into modern vaccines and discuss the purpose of these ingredients.
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Newly Identified Jet-Stream Pattern Could Imperil Global Food Supplies
A new study finds a 20-fold increase in the risk of simultaneous heat waves in major crop-producing regions when the pattern is in place — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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2019 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #50
A chronological listing of news articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sun, Dec 8 through Sat, Dec 14, 2019 Editor's Pick Push for carbon loopholes sends climate talks into overtime Australia, US and Brazil threatening 'spirit' of the Paris Agreement, says Costa Rican minister, as fractious talks could drag into the weekend The plenary room at Cop25
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Unearthing the mystery of the meaning of Easter Island's Moai
Based on a 5-year excavation of two Moai found within the Easter Island quarry called Rano Raraku, the Easter Island Statue Project released the first definitive study to reveal the quarry as a complex landscape and link soil fertility, agriculture, quarrying and the sacred nature of the Moai. Chemistry testing suggests the soil in the quarry itself was made more fertile by the act of quarrying, w
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Why are giant pandas born so tiny?
Born pink, blind, and helpless, giant pandas typically weigh about 100 grams at birth — the equivalent of a stick of butter. Their mothers are 900 times more massive than that. That raises a question that has vexed biologists: why the disparity? No one knows the answer, but by comparing bone growth across newborn bears, dogs and other animals, scientists find that one idea doesn't hold up.
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Paving the way to healing complex trauma
A major study has identified key themes that will be used to inform strategies to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents in the first years of their children's lives.
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Boston Could Become WICKED Hot. This is What They're Doing About it.
Over the past year, the people of Boston have banded together to address extreme temperatures in their city.
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Vrede og skuffelse før lukketid på FN's klimamøde
Vrede på COP25 retter sig mod store CO2-udledere som Kina og Indien, der ikke vil forpligte sig yderligere.
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Following the lizard lung labyrinth
Birds and mammals are on extreme ends of the airflow spectrum. Mammals inhale oxygen-rich air and they exhale depleted air, exhibiting a so-called tidal flow pattern. In contrast, bird breath travels tidally through part of the respiratory system, but in a one-way loop throughout most of the lung. Biologists have discovered that Savannah monitor lizards have lung structures that are hybrid system
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Conscious visual perception occurs outside the visual system
A new study finds that the conscious perception of visual location occurs in the frontal lobes of the brain, rather than in the visual system in the back of the brain. The results are significant given the ongoing debate among neuroscientists on what consciousness is and where it happens in the brain.
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Mitochondria are the 'canary in the coal mine' for cellular stress
Mitochondria, tiny structures present in most cells, are known for their energy-generating machinery. Now, researchers have discovered a new function of mitochondria: they set off molecular alarms when cells are exposed to stress or chemicals that can damage DNA, such as chemotherapy. The results could lead to new cancer treatments that prevent tumors from becoming resistant to chemotherapy.
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How does our Milky Way galaxy get its spiral form?
A question that has long puzzled scientists is how our Milky Way galaxy which has an elegant spiral shape with long arms, took this form.
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Cholera kills over 27,000 pigs in Indonesia
More than 27,000 pigs have died in a hog-cholera epidemic that has struck Indonesia, with thousands more at risk, an animal welfare official said.
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UN climate talks unravelling, face failure
A UN climate summit in Madrid risked collapsing Saturday after all-night negotiations between countries left them more divided than ever over on how to fight global warming and pay for its ravages.
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Cholera kills over 27,000 pigs in Indonesia
More than 27,000 pigs have died in a hog-cholera epidemic that has struck Indonesia, with thousands more at risk, an animal welfare official said.
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US finally giving boot to official foot measurement
Change is afoot for the official measuring stick used to size up big places in America.
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Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon up by more than double: data
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon in November surged by 104 percent compared to the same month in 2018, according to official data released Saturday.
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Whakaari's/White Island's Disaster Reminds Us of the Dangers of Active Volcanoes
A relatively small eruption on a New Zealand island volcano created an outsize tragedy — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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As U.N. Climate Talks Go to Overtime, a Battle for the 'Spirit' of the Paris Pact
World leaders meeting in Madrid remained at loggerheads on Saturday about whether they could commit, just on paper, to raise voluntary climate targets next year.
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Weekend reads: Stolen identity and peer review; key heart data concealed; psychology's 'collective self-deception'
Before we present this week's Weekend Reads, a question: Do you enjoy our weekly roundup? If so, we could really use your help. Would you consider a tax-deductible donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? Thanks in advance. The week at Retraction Watch featured: The retraction of a paper claiming a link between the … Continue reading
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Space Photos of the Week: Starkiller Base? Nope, Just Real-Life Icy Moons
There's more to these frozen, frost-covered satellites than meets the eye.
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Brancheformand: Sådan får vi flow i trafikken
PLUS. Der findes et middel mod overfyldte vejbaner og lang ventetid i lyskryds, mener brancheforening for ITS.
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This Week's Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through December 14)
ROBOTICS Sarcos Demonstrates Exosuit That Gives Workers Super Strength Evan Ackerman | IEEE SPectrum "The Sarcos Guardian XO is a 24-degrees-of-freedom full-body robotic exoskeleton. While wearing it, a human can lift 200 pounds (90 kilograms) while feeling like they're lifting just 10 lbs (4.5 kg). …It takes seconds to put on and take off, and Sarcos says new users can be trained to use the syst
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Climate change: Call for 'flexibility' to reach consensus at talks
UN climate change talks in Madrid are struggling to reach agreement on crucial measures.
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The Real Riverworld
Meandering rivers may hold a vital clue to the earth's capacity for life — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock: 'I have no doubt that aliens are out there'
The space scientist, 51, on appearing in The Clangers, being the class clown, how science can save us and extraterrestial life forms I can't remember a time when I wasn't fascinated by space. I was born in 1968, a year before the moon landings. It's hard now to comprehend just how exciting that was for my generation. It really was moon madness. But it was also because of The Clangers , the childr
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Hundredvis af ildkugler over Danmark i nat: Her kan du (måske) se vild stjerneregn
Med lidt held kan du gennem huller i skydækket se meteorsværmen Geminiderne i weekenden.
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The Best Sales on Xbox, PS4, and Switch for Christmas 2019 (Consoles and Games)
Every major console and critically acclaimed games are on sale at multiple retailers for the holidays.
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15 Million Iranian Bank Accounts Were Breached
Telegram hacks in Russia, Senate encryption hearings, and more in the week's top security news.
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'Final Space' Has Heart but Needs More Brains
The sci-fi cartoon has a lot going for it, but it's still mostly kids' stuff.
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An Ode to Middle Age
F rom the outside it looks steady. It looks resolved . Sitting heavily in a chair, with settled opinions and stodgy shoes—there's something unbudgeable about the middle-aged person. The young are dewy and volatile; the old are toppling into fragility. But the middle-aged hold their ground. There's a kind of magnetism to this solidity, this dowdy poise, this impressively median state. But on the i
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A Research Nonprofit Shutters TB Vaccine Effort and Lays Off Scientists
A financially troubled Seattle research institute cut back programs, leaving researchers to find new homes for work on infectious diseases like tuberculosis and leprosy.
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Some Dinosaurs Had Lice
Researchers have determined that some dinosaurs had lice. NPR's Scott Simon talks with paleontologist Chung Kun Shih about this exciting yet revolting discovery.
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Norman Fischer (poet, zen priest) – the only way out of the catastrophe we're in
The other day on social media a friend asked what the heck is up with this Mr. Rogers revival. Why does everyone suddenly love this guy so much? Moments before, I had been listening to a new podcast about Dolly Parton, and her weird, almost saintlike ability to bring people together across cultural divides. In a moment of deep mistrust and cynicism, there's this hunger for people and things worth
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DC3-fly tages ud af aktiv tjeneste
Flyvevåbenet vil afhænde sine otte C-47 propelfly (alias DC-3) efter næsten 30 års tro tjeneste med danske kokarder og flag på halen.
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Alaska's Coastal Communities Face a Growing Climate Threat
A new government report highlights the damage from rising temperatures, including melting permafrost and flooding — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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New Orleans Declares State Of Emergency Following Cyber Attack
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For the first time, BBC News published a news story for every constituency that declared election results overnight – all written by a computer. It was the BBC's biggest test of machine-generated journalism so far.
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Greece's population has been on a trajectory of rapid decline since 2011, the first year since 1944 when a negative birthrate was recorded, and it is expected to drop to 8 million people by 2050
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All-electric off-grid glamping trailer ditches gas for solar power – Its lithium battery and solar roof power the all-season climate control, entertainment system, electrified kitchen and washing machine, breaking free from LPG with what it calls the world's first fully electric caravan, the ERV.
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India is soon projected to become the world's most populous nation, with nearly 1.5 billion people. But behind that statistic lies a more complex reality: Population growth is leveling off in most areas due to rising affluence and advances in women's education and family planning.
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Audi trials two exoskeletons for overhead work – Exoskeletons on the automotive production line can help make strenuous or repetitive tasks less physically demanding for employees.
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Virtual Travel Could Change the World—If It Gets Off the Ground
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Motorized molecular drills are effective at killing antibiotic-resistant microbes within minutes, suggests a new study. Antibiotic- resistant bacteria have no defense against motorized nanomachines that drill into them, making a path for antibiotics, which become once again lethal to the bacteria.
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Natural gas surpasses coal in carbon emissions. Global carbon emissions are expected to reach 37 billion metric tons this year, another record high, meaning carbon dioxide pollution is higher than it has ever been in Earth's recent history
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A Department of Defense study predicts that enhanced vision, enhanced hearing, musculature control, and what amounts to telepathy would all become possible within 30 years
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Russia enters second year of negative population growth as migration fails to keep up with falls in birth rate.
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Cigna insurance to use AI to track whether patients are complying with their prescribed medications
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New photonics breakthrough. A new approach to trapping light in artificial photonic materials by a City College of New York-led team could lead to a tremendous boost in the transfer speed of data online
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Heat Energy Has Leapt Across an Empty Vacuum Thanks to a Weird Quantum Effect
Energy transferred across 'nothingness'.
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A World War II Biopic That Raises Pressing Modern Questions
"What happened to our country? To the land we love?" It's a question one can imagine being asked in many places, at many moments in history, and one that will surely have resonance for viewers in the present day. In Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life , it's being asked by the Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter (played by August Diehl), and what has happened to his country is the rise of fascism and
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Holiday Parties Make You Squirm? Here's How To Conquer Social Anxiety
People with social anxiety disorder fear their "fatal flaws" will be exposed by a wayward comment or other social misstep. If holiday parties send you spiraling, try these tips. (Image credit: Tracy Lee for NPR)
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Google's AI Chief Wants to Do More With Less (Data)
Jeff Dean says the company is trying to build systems that have general smarts, rather than highly specialized intelligence.
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Sometimes Red Means Go—When It Comes to Bus Rides
New Federal Highway Administration rules give cities more leeway to create special bus lanes.
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Experiences Aren't Always Greener Than Things – Here's How to Make Memories Sustainably
Something to think about.
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We May Have Gravely Underestimated The Threat of 'Dead Zones' in The World's Oceans
We never considered what else could be making them.
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Neutron Star With 'Disappearing' Magnetic Field Is The First of Its Kind We've Seen
This could change our understanding of these strange dead objects.
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Tidal forces carry the mathematical signature of gravitational waves
The idea is something of a technicality, but nevertheless an interesting one.
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Will robots have rights in the future?
If eventually we develop artificial intelligence sophisticated enough to experience emotions like joy and suffering, should we grant it moral rights just as any other sentient being? Theoretical philosopher Peter Singer predicts the ethical issues that could ensue as we expand the circle of moral concern to include these machines. A free download of the 10th anniversary edition of The Life You Ca
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Dyr skrotindsamling: 875 millioner for 100 kilo rumskrot
Ambitionen hos schweizistiske ClearSpace er at udvikle løsninger til at indsamle tusindvis af efterladte satellitter i kredsløb om jorden.
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Trump's Trade War Was Futile
President Donald Trump promised yesterday that peace is at hand in his trade war upon China. "We have agreed to a very large Phase One Deal with China," he tweeted at 10:25 a.m. "They have agreed to many structural changes and massive purchases of Agricultural Product, Energy, and Manufactured Goods, plus much more." Beijing also announced that the two sides had reached an agreement. Yet the firs
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Don't Let the First Amendment Forget DeRay Mckesson
The Roberts Court has repeatedly assured the nation that the First Amendment protects everyone, regardless of popularity and regardless of viewpoint. The Court has a chance to put its doctrinal money where its free-speech mouth has been. It should do that as soon as possible by summarily reversing a recent atrocious Fifth Circuit decision called Mckesson v. Doe —rather than waiting until a Louisi
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History's Greatest Sea Is Dying
Most of the world's seas are in some kind of environmental trouble, but few have declined as quickly or from such precipitous heights as the Mediterranean's eastern edge. Although it midwifed some of history's greatest civilizations, the eastern Med has become a grubby embodiment of the current littoral states' failures. Where the ancients sailed, many of their successors now junk industrial wast
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Videnskaben har talt: Du stopper ikke en 'han'-bajer ved at banke på dåsen
De små bank på toppen har ingen betydning for, hvor meget øllet skummer over.
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Five years of thirst: S.Africa's Eastern Cape battles brutal drought
South African farmer Steve Bothma heaved a sigh of relief when the weatherman finally predicted rain.
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Thousands of 'penis fish' exposed on California beach
Thousands of marine worms dubbed "penis fish" for their shape and color appeared this week on a California beach after a strong winter storm exposed them.
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Mitochondria are the 'canary in the coal mine' for cellular stress
Mitochondria, tiny structures present in most cells, are known for their energy-generating machinery. Now, Salk researchers have discovered a new function of mitochondria: they set off molecular alarms when cells are exposed to stress or chemicals that can damage DNA, such as chemotherapy. The results, published online in Nature Metabolism on December 9, 2019, could lead to new cancer treatments t
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Savannah monitor lizards have a unique airflow pattern that is a hybrid of bird and mammal flow patterns
Take a deep breath in. Slowly let it out.
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Thousands of 'penis fish' exposed on California beach
Thousands of marine worms dubbed "penis fish" for their shape and color appeared this week on a California beach after a strong winter storm exposed them.
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Mitochondria are the 'canary in the coal mine' for cellular stress
Mitochondria, tiny structures present in most cells, are known for their energy-generating machinery. Now, Salk researchers have discovered a new function of mitochondria: they set off molecular alarms when cells are exposed to stress or chemicals that can damage DNA, such as chemotherapy. The results, published online in Nature Metabolism on December 9, 2019, could lead to new cancer treatments t
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Savannah monitor lizards have a unique airflow pattern that is a hybrid of bird and mammal flow patterns
Take a deep breath in. Slowly let it out.
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Lander du på hæl eller forfod? Løbestil har ikke betydning for antallet af skader
Dansk forsker understreger dog behovet for yderligere undersøgelser på området.
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Vind med Ingeniørens julekalender: 14. december
Vær med i Ingeniørens julekalender 2019. Hver dag med nye præmier!
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Not All Hydropower Is Climate-Considerate
While some hydropower facilities release almost no greenhouse gases, others can actually be worse than burning fossil fuels.
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Not All Hydropower Is Climate-Considerate
While some hydropower facilities release almost no greenhouse gases, others can actually be worse than burning fossil fuels. — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Researchers developed New technique that will allow to watch how neurons perform computations
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Nagoya University and Asahi Kasei Corp Researchers developed a device that produces a laser with the world's shortest wavelength, a breakthrough that will lead to a sea change in manufacturing around the world
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Nanoscience breakthrough. Japanese researchers developed a new methodology that allows probing particles smaller than a billionth of a meter. This breakthrough will enable the development and application of minuscule materials in the fields of electronics, biomedicine, chemistry, and more
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California celebrates 1 million solar roofs – Arnold Schwarzenegger: "13 years ago, we set a huge goal: to build a million solar roofs in our state by 2019… Today, we celebrate the vision and the hardworking Californians that made a million solar roofs a reality."
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Morocco has Africa's 'first fully solar village'
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IQ test for artificial intelligence systems
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Regulating vitamin B12 biosynthesis via the cbiMCbl riboswitch in Propionibacterium strain UF1 [Microbiology]
Vitamin B12 (VB12) is a critical micronutrient that controls DNA metabolic pathways to maintain the host genomic stability and tissue homeostasis. We recently reported that the newly discovered commensal Propionibacterium, P. UF1, regulates the intestinal immunity to resist pathogen infection, which may be attributed in part to VB12 produced by…
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Smallholder farmers and contract farming in developing countries [Agricultural Sciences]
Poverty is prevalent in the small-farm sector of many developing countries. A large literature suggests that contract farming—a preharvest agreement between farmers and buyers—can facilitate smallholder market participation, improve household welfare, and promote rural development. These findings have influenced the development policy debate, but the external validity of the extant…
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Rising inequality is not balanced by intergenerational mobility [Commentaries]
The United States currently exhibits more economic inequality than any peer nation, and surveys of US adults support the idea that inequality is acceptable if it is balanced by mobility. Many are untroubled if doctors make 10 or 20 times what janitors make, as long as janitors' sons have opportunities…
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VPNs are a must for private browsing in 2020. Here are huge deals on 5 of them
In the U.S., only 5% of web users are protected with a VPN service. These five deals provide protection and unrestricted web usage at top speeds. All five VPN services are currently discounted as much as 97% off. None If you're increasingly worried about your security and the security of your sensitive data online and you're ready to take action, you're smart. Unfortunately, you're also in the mi
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Excessive antibiotic prescriptions for children in low-, middle-income countries
Between 2007 and 2017, children in eight low- and middle-income countries received, on average, 25 antibiotic prescriptions from birth through age 5 — up to five times higher than the already high levels observed in high-income settings. The number of antibiotic prescriptions for young children ranged from one per year for children in Senegal to 12 per year for children in Uganda.
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Scientists Uncover The Cause of Mysterious 'Tiger Stripes' on Saturn's Moon Enceladus
Like nothing else known in the Solar System.
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The New Xbox Has a Name and a Questionable Shape
Xbox Series X is a sort of desktop-tower-shaped black box with an aesthetic quite similar to the consoles that came before.
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Mayo Clinic researchers present findings at the 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
Mayo Clinic researchers will present findings at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium Dec. 10-14 in San Antonio.
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To Prevent Deadly Infections, F.D.A. Approves the First Disposable 'Scope'
Reusable duodenoscopes infected patients in a series of notorious outbreaks. Now there's a disposable model to be used just once.
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SpaceX's Next Space Station Delivery Includes a Stash of Cannabis
It's not for the astronauts, though.
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Greta Thunberg Takes on the World
Photographer Cristina Quicler's image captures the fearlessness of the teenage climate activist.
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The most satisfying fly swatters
Shoo fly. (Krzysztof Niewolny via Unsplash/) You know how infuriating it can be to deal with flies (or other flying pests) roaming around your kitchen. You could try getting rid of them with bug spray, but it's smelly and not particularly effective. The best way to get rid of flies? A good old fashioned fly swatter. Colorful traditional fly swatters to the rescue You don't necessarily need techno
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Puzzle feeders and enrichment toys to keep your dog sharp
Keep your best friend's brain active. (Mia Anderson via Unsplash/) Pets need both physical and mental stimulation—and while a walk around the neighborhood may not tucker out a high-energy dog, a short, intense session of mental stimulation probably will. Enrichment toys keep your dog engaged, excited, and working hard for treats—and are great helpers for lazy or bad weather days. They're also goo
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Study: You can have empathy and still be a psychopath
People who score high in the personality traits narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy can empathize, but generally lack the disposition to do so, according to a recent study. These traits are part of the "dark triad" of personality, which has been used to study malevolent personality traits since 2002. The results suggest it might be possible to encourage psychopaths to empathize more, but
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Scientists Find Even More Galaxies in the Universe Without Any Dark Matter
The new research may have dramatic implications for theories about both dark matter and galaxy formation.
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Astronomers Just Mapped a Pulsar's Surface for the First Time
NASA's NICER instrument reveals that neutron stars are not as simple as we thought.
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Mitochondria are the 'canary in the coal mine' for cellular stress
Mitochondria, tiny structures present in most cells, are known for their energy-generating machinery. Now, Salk researchers have discovered a new function of mitochondria: they set off molecular alarms when cells are exposed to stress or chemicals that can damage DNA, such as chemotherapy. The results, published online in Nature Metabolism on Dec. 9, 2019, could lead to new cancer treatments that
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Dartmouth study finds conscious visual perception occurs outside the visual system
A Dartmouth study finds that the conscious perception of visual location occurs in the frontal lobes of the brain, rather than in the visual system in the back of the brain. The findings are published in Current Biology.The results are significant given the ongoing debate among neuroscientists on what consciousness is and where it happens in the brain.
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Portable air conditioning units for every room
Portable ACs for your home or office. (Amazon/) Portable air conditioning units target only the spaces you actually need to cool, which helps cut down on utility costs. These devices are a great option for spaces that don't have central air and for which wall-mounted or window models aren't an option. Most portable AC units are rated in BTUs (British thermal units); more BTUs mean a more powerful
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Why People With Climate Change Concerns Don't Always Do What's Best For The Environment
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Ashley Whillans, behavioral scientist at Harvard Business School, about why many people care deeply about climate change, but slow to adopt climate-friendly behaviors.
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Watch YouTubers Build a Functional Half-Scale Cybertruck, Because Why Not?
Cybertruck Mini? Tinkerers behind YouTube account "The Hacksmith" are building a half-scale model of Tesla's recently announced Cybertruck — and yeah, it'll be able to be driven, just like the real thing. You won't be able to drive this on the road though — no way it's passing any kind of real inspection. But it will fit into your garage and weigh far, far less than 10,000 pounds . The electric p
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How two experimental Alzheimer's drugs reverse aging
New research in mice reveals the molecular and genetic mechanisms through which two Alzheimer's drug candidates can reverse aging in general.
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Stare Into the Brutal Maw of This Barbarous Neutron Star
Imaging Pisces For the first time, NASA managed to map the entire surface of a neutron star (read: the cosmic carcass of a massive star after it detonates in a massive supernova explosion). The neutron star, J0030+0451 is found within the Pisces constellation. It's only 16 miles wide, according to Astronomy , but still has at least 1.3 times the mass of our Sun. By using NASA's x-ray-measuring sa
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Following the lizard lung labyrinth
Birds and mammals are on extreme ends of the airflow spectrum. Mammals inhale oxygen-rich air and they exhale depleted air, exhibiting a so-called tidal flow pattern. In contrast, bird breath travels tidally through part of the respiratory system, but in a one-way loop throughout most of the lung. University of Utah biologists have discovered that Savannah monitor lizards have lung structures that
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Apple is reportedly rolling out a new perk for employees: free genetic testing at its on-site wellness clinics – genetic testing for employees as a perk may become more common in future
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Researchers fooled Chinese facial recognition terminals with just a mask – The tech still has a long way to go
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Fuel Cells to Lower Harmful Emissions on the High Seas – Advanced Science News
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The Next Nuclear Plants Will Be Small, Svelte, and Safer
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Turkey is getting military drones armed with machine guns
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Climate change novels allow us to imagine possible futures – read these crucial seven
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NIH clarifies meaning of 'disadvantaged' in bid to boost diversity in science
Agency hopes to boost proposals to help economically struggling students
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2020 Mazda CX-30 Review: The Best Sporty Subcompact SUV
2020 Mazda CX-30 The hits keep on coming: Mazda is on a roll again with the 2020 CX-30. The latest small SUV from Mazda rolls past the competition on fun-to-drive, handling, passenger comfort, and fit-and-finish. Virtually all the safety features and driver assists are standard. It may well be the leader in reliability. The CX-30 cockpit is closer to Lexus than Toyota. This means Mazda is the car
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When a Mantis Shrimp Fights a Disco Clam, It Meets Its Match
The mantis shrimp beats the hell out of almost anything it can get its hammers on. Except, that is, for the disco clam, which unleashes a dazzling defense.
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How well do cops identify 'digital evidence'?
A new study examines how well police officers recognize digital evidence, as well as what to do with it. In today's criminal justice system, a PlayStation and iPhone are just as important pieces of evidence as eyewitness accounts. Yet, there isn't a strong understanding as to how police officers identify digital evidence—everything from a laptop to a smart television—in the field. "Digital eviden
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