Because forest elephants are one the slowest reproducing mammals in the world, it will take almost a century for them to recover from the intense poaching they have suffered since 2002. Not only does it take more than two ...
Ecology
Aug 30, 2016
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A new study has determined something most astute parents are already hip to: YouTube is the most-loved brand with their young kids.
Internet
Aug 30, 2016
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A University of Adelaide-led project has overturned the theory that the evolution of human intelligence was simply related to the size of the brain—but rather linked more closely to the supply of blood to the brain.
Evolution
Aug 30, 2016
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A rare small-bodied pterosaur, a flying reptile from the Late Cretaceous period approximately 77 million years ago, is the first of its kind to have been discovered on the west coast of North America.
Archaeology
Aug 30, 2016
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Birds that have to work harder during breeding season will feel the effects of their exertions the following year, according to research by Oxford University scientists.
Plants & Animals
Aug 30, 2016
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To step inside IBM Research-Almaden is to get a peek into how the latest advances in technology are being applied to a crazy quilt of important issues from food safety and cancer to recycling.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 30, 2016
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For companies that want to use small drones, a new era began Monday.
Engineering
Aug 30, 2016
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Google is set to expand a San Francisco carpooling program that could morph into a showdown with its one-time ally, the popular ride-hailing service Uber.
Business
Aug 30, 2016
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Before the infamous Black Death, the first great plague epidemic was the Justinian plague, which, over the course of two centuries, wiped out up to an estimated 50 million (15 percent) of the world's population throughout ...
Archaeology
Aug 30, 2016
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With Alaska's fiscal crisis drying up funding for a number of state projects, officials hope a crowdfunding campaign will raise $50,000 toward shoring up a crumbling riverbank creeping toward century-old buildings at a state ...
Ecology
Aug 30, 2016
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