Growing consumption of energy and fossil fuels over four decades did not play a significant role in increasing life expectancy across 70 countries.
Environment
Mar 26, 2020
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The newly established U.S. Space Force launched its first national security satellite Thursday with a leaner staff because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Space Exploration
Mar 26, 2020
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You know how you leave space in a water bottle before you pop it in the freezer—to accommodate the fact that water expands as it freezes? Most metal parts in airplanes face the more common opposite problem. At high altitudes ...
Condensed Matter
Mar 26, 2020
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There is no longer a need to guess what ocean temperatures were like in the remote tropical Pacific hundreds of years ago. The ancient coral that lived there know all.
Earth Sciences
Mar 26, 2020
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We've all seen the documentaries that feature scenes of mass migrations on land. Those videos are pretty impressive showing all sorts of animals—birds, mammals and other creatures—on the move. What wasn't known was to ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 26, 2020
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When it comes to finding a mate, male guppies rely on their brothers to ward off the competition.
Plants & Animals
Mar 26, 2020
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Deep inside computer chips, tiny wires made of gold and other conductive metals carry the electricity used to process data.
Nanophysics
Mar 26, 2020
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For the millions of Americans concerned about shortages of vital supplies like toilet paper, food basics and other items vital to getting us through an unprecedented global health crisis, there is some encouraging news, according ...
Economics & Business
Mar 26, 2020
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Crop yields have increased substantially over the past decades, occurring alongside the increasing use of nitrogen fertilizer. While nitrogen fertilizer benefits crop growth, it has negative effects on the environment and ...
Biotechnology
Mar 26, 2020
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Scientists have designed a catalyst composed of very low concentrations of platinum (single atoms and clusters smaller than billionths of a meter) on the surface of titanium dioxide. They demonstrated how this catalyst significantly ...
Materials Science
Mar 26, 2020
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