Apple highlights privacy in new services in jab at rivals
Apple says its services respect your digital boundaries—and it wants you to know it.
Business
Mar 25, 2019
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Study suggests trees are crucial to the future of our cities
The shade of a single tree can provide welcome relief from the hot summer sun. But when that single tree is part of a small forest, it creates a profound cooling effect. According to a study published today in the Proceedings ...
Environment
Mar 25, 2019
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New computational tool harnesses big data, deep learning to reveal dark matter of the transcriptome
A research team at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has developed an innovative computational tool offering researchers an efficient method for detecting the different ways RNA is pieced together (spliced) when ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 25, 2019
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The largest delta plain in Earth's history
The largest delta plain in Earth's history formed along the northern coast of the supercontinent Pangea in the late Triassic. Its size out-scales modern counterparts by an order of magnitude, and approximates 1% of the total ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 25, 2019
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Groups: EPA has dragged heels on oil dispersant rules
Environmental groups and women from Alaska and Louisiana say the Environmental Protection Agency has dragged its heels on issuing rules for oil spill dispersants, and they're ready to sue to demand them.
Environment
Mar 25, 2019
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Duke University pays $112M to settle faked-research lawsuit
Duke University will pay $112 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit after federal prosecutors said a research technician's fake data landed millions of dollars in federal grants, the school and the government said Monday.
Other
Mar 25, 2019
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New virtual reality tool allows you to see the world through the eyes of a tiny primate
Imagine that you live in the rainforests of Southeast Asia, you're a pint-sized primate with enormous eyes that are roughly the same size as your brain, and you look a little like Gizmo from the movie, "Gremlins". You're ...
Education
Mar 25, 2019
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Satellite tracks Tropical Cyclone Veronica along Australia coast
On March 25, Tropical Cyclone Veronica continued to move in southerly direction along the coast of Western Australia in the Southern Indian Ocean. NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided a visible image of the storm.
Environment
Mar 25, 2019
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Crisis management: When your celebrity advertising endorser generates negative publicity
Researchers from the University of Connecticut and Free University of Berlin published new research in the INFORMS journal Management Science that provides companies with substantiated, actionable insights on strategies for ...
Economics & Business
Mar 25, 2019
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The most aggressive spider societies are not always the ones that flourish
Evolutionary biologists at McMaster University who study the social lives and behaviour of colony spiders—some of which are docile, others aggressive— have found that the success of their cooperative societies depend ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 25, 2019
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