An adaptable strategy that intelligently and flexibly combines positive and negative incentives turns out to be the optimal approach for institutions to encourage the highest level of cooperation at the lowest cost, according ...
Social Sciences
Dec 2, 2014
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The deadly fungal disease known as white-nose syndrome has spread to bat colonies throughout eastern North America over the past seven years, causing bat populations to crash, with several species now at risk of extinction. ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 2, 2014
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It takes just 10 years for a single emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) to have its maximum warming effects on the Earth.
Environment
Dec 2, 2014
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Twitter is trying to make it easier for victims and witnesses of online harassment to report it.
Internet
Dec 2, 2014
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Facebook Argentina was ordered to pay a firefighter one million pesos ($177,000) for failing to comply with an order to delete insulting fake profiles of the plaintiff, the Ministry of Justice said Tuesday.
Internet
Dec 2, 2014
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Legendary Apple CEO Steve Jobs had seven words for a subordinate when he learned that a rival company was about to introduce a program that would let music fans buy songs anywhere and play them on Apple's iPod devices.
Business
Dec 2, 2014
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Companies and lovers of the City of Lights snapped up 6,600 ".paris" Internet domain names in a mere two hours on Tuesday, far exceeding expectations.
Internet
Dec 2, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Planets orbiting close to low-mass stars—easily the most common stars in the universe—are prime targets in the search for extraterrestrial life.
Astronomy
Dec 2, 2014
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(Phys.org)—A new study from the Keck Interferometer, a former NASA project that combined the power of the twin W. M. Keck Observatory telescopes atop Mauna Kea, Hawaii, has brought exciting news to planet hunters. After ...
Astronomy
Dec 2, 2014
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and Ohio University have devised a powerful technique that simultaneously resolves the chemical characterization and topography ...
Nanophysics
Dec 2, 2014
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