Rice University scientists have created a rubbery, shape-shifting morphing material that morphs from one sophisticated form to another …
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USC researchers, studying bones at the L.A. County Natural History Museum, have found evidence of a fearsome shark …
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Environment
Study Creates Roadmap For Responsible Geoengineering Research
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesSimply reducing greenhouse gas emissions probably is not going to be sufficient for the planet to escape catastrophic …
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Chemical clues in waters near Marcellus Shale gas wells in rural Pennsylvania can identify new drilling-related sources of …
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Scientists have discovered that CO2-consuming bacteria in the deepest parts of the seafloor could be turning themselves into …
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Sustainable Living
Simple Way to Massively Improve Crop Loss Simulations
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesIn a new study, researchers with NASA, the University of Chicago, and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact …
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Sustainable Living
People Can Sustainably Share Resources, Under Some Conditions
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesIn an analysis of eight case studies from around the world — from foragers in Australia to mangrove …
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Powerful storms that cause extreme weather conditions — such as flooding across Europe and North America, with the potential …
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Mind & Spirit
Brain Activity Pattern May Indicate Early Signs of Schizophrenia
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesSchizophrenia, a brain disorder that produces hallucinations, delusions, and cognitive impairments, usually strikes during adolescence or young adulthood. …
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Sixty-nine pharmaceutical compounds have been detected in stream insects, some at concentrations that may threaten animals that feed …