Individual perceptions of climate anomalies are largely immune to political bias, especially when people observe large and persistent departures from average conditions.
Environment
Oct 30, 2017
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The radiation belts of Earth and Saturn differ more strongly than previously assumed. In these belts, very energetic particles, such as electrons and protons, move around the planet at high velocities - captured by its magnetic ...
Space Exploration
Oct 30, 2017
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Shares in Sprint and T-Mobile fell sharply Monday following a Japanese media report that merger talks between the third- and fourth-largest US wireless operators had been called off.
Business
Oct 30, 2017
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3
The European Union is re-thinking civil protection assistance, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said Monday, after a request from Portugal which this year suffered several deadly forest fires.
Environment
Oct 30, 2017
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3
SpaceX has racked up another rocket launch, its 16th this year.
Space Exploration
Oct 30, 2017
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A rare bird has landed at the University of Michigan: a two-legged robot named "Cassie" that researchers hope could be the forerunner of a machine that one day will aid search-and-rescue efforts.
Robotics
Oct 30, 2017
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In the analysis of big data sets, the first step is usually the identification of "features"—data points with particular predictive power or analytic utility. Choosing features usually requires some human intuition. For ...
Computer Sciences
Oct 30, 2017
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University of Delaware doctoral student Desiree Narango is researching trees and shrubs planted in the lawns of homeowners throughout the Washington, D.C., Maryland and northern Virginia areas to assess how those choices ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 30, 2017
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From your smartphone to your laptop, today's tech devices glean their computing power from multi-core processors. Supercomputers contain thousands of cores, and within three to four years a computer with 100 million cores—and ...
Computer Sciences
Oct 30, 2017
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3
Imagine you are receiving a refund payment from the federal government. Are you going to spend it right away or save the money? Is that decision based on your short-term finances? Or does it hinge on whether you identify ...
Economics & Business
Oct 30, 2017
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