For all the fact-checking and objective reporting produced by major media outlets, voters in the U.S. nonetheless rely heavily on their pre-existing views when deciding if politicians' statements are true or not, according ...
Social Sciences
Feb 28, 2017
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Intensive selective breeding over the past 200 years and high extinction rates among feral populations has greatly reduced the genetic diversity present in domestic goat breeds. The effect these pressures have had on Irish ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 28, 2017
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A University of Florida study shows that mollusk fossils provide a reliable measure of human-driven changes in marine ecosystems and shifts in ocean biodiversity across time and space.
Ecology
Feb 28, 2017
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Human activity, whether commercial or social, contains patterns and moments of synchronicity. In recent years, social media like Twitter has provided an unprecedented volume of data on the daily activities of humans all over ...
Social Sciences
Feb 28, 2017
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Octopus, cuttlefish and squid are well known in the invertebrate world. With their ink-squirting decoy technique, ability to change colour, bizarre body plan and remarkable intelligence they highlight that lacking a back-bone ...
Evolution
Feb 28, 2017
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A group of 37 French and international media outlets, supported by Google, on Tuesday launched "CrossCheck", a joint fact-checking platform aimed at detecting fake information which could affect the French presidential election.
Internet
Feb 28, 2017
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Fed up with paying for cable the traditional way? You may soon be able to subscribe to it over the internet with ... YouTube.
Internet
Feb 28, 2017
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Six different cuisines with 30 combos all served hot within 90 seconds, and patrons need only pick, swipe and eat. That's what Frshly, a fully automated "vend-café" and the brainchild of NJIT alumnus Satish ChamyVelumani, ...
Engineering
Feb 28, 2017
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Spring has sprung early—potentially record early—in much of the United States, bringing celebrations of shorts weather mixed with unease about a climate gone askew.
Environment
Feb 28, 2017
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Remember all those crazed Pokemon Go seekers that roamed our city streets, crowded our public parks or ventured into rural areas in search of virtual-reality pocket monsters popping up on their smartphones?
Software
Feb 28, 2017
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