Senate says climate change real, but doesn't agree on cause
The Republican-controlled Senate acknowledged Wednesday that climate change is real but refused to say humans are to blame.
Environment
Jan 21, 2015
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Goshawk hunt and prey-evasion strategies revealed
Stealth is the goshawk's greatest asset. Plummeting out of the air, the raptors fix their gaze on the oblivious victim below. Intrigued by the birds' attack tactics, Suzanne Amador Kane from Haverford College, USA, decided ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 21, 2015
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Uber raises $1.6 billion in financing from Goldman Sachs
Popular ride-hailing app Uber has raised $1.6 billion in a deal with Goldman Sachs wealth management clients.
Business
Jan 21, 2015
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Low gas prices, incentives change math for electric cars
Drivers trying to calculate whether it's practical to own an electric car are facing a new math.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 21, 2015
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Montana oil spill renews worries over pipeline safety (Update)
A second large oil spill into Montana's Yellowstone River in less than four years is reviving questions about oversight of the nation's aging pipeline network.
Environment
Jan 21, 2015
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Ghana opens probe after government websites hacked
Ghana launched a probe Wednesday after most of the west African government's websites fell victim to hackers.
Security
Jan 21, 2015
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Blended ecological knowledge systems yield insight for managing beargrass
In a study that blended tribal cultural knowledge with scientific methods, U.S. Forest Service researchers identified the ecological conditions of forest sites preferred by harvesters of beargrass for use in traditional weaving.
Environment
Jan 21, 2015
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The Facebook of plant science
By building PhotosynQ - a handheld device with sensors and an online data-sharing and analysis platform - a team of Michigan State University researchers is creating the plant-science equivalent of Facebook.
Biotechnology
Jan 21, 2015
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Antarctic drilling team is first to bore through hundreds of meters of ice to where ice sheet, ocean and land converge
Using a specially designed hot-water drill to cleanly bore through a half mile of ice, a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded team of researchers has become the first ever to reach and sample the "grounding zone," where ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 21, 2015
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Israel arrests man for stealing, selling Madonna songs
Israeli police arrested a man Wednesday suspected of hacking into computers and stealing songs of international pop stars, including Madonna, before leaking them online, police said.
Security
Jan 21, 2015
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