Wind Is Expected to Blow Past Water to Become the Renewable Resource Leader
Hydroelectric power plants (aka water and dams) have long been the leading source of renewable electricity in the U.S. Wind power, however, is expected to surpass hydroelectricity by 2019, according...
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Source: Scientific American - February 3, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Melissa C. Lott Tags: Tech Energy Source Type: research
Are Autonomous Cars Really Safer than Human Drivers?
Most comparisons between human drivers and automated vehicles have been at best uneven, and at worst, unfair
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Source: Scientific American - February 3, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Peter Hancock The Conversation US Tags: Tech Computing Electronics Engineering Source Type: research
Killer Whale Culture Revealed By Mimicking Us
Orcas can imitate calls from other whales and even human speech—suggesting they can transmit cultural practices, such as unique dialects. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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Source: Scientific American - February 3, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Christopher Intagliata Tags: Mind Cognition The Sciences Biology Evolution Source Type: research
A Mini, Magnetic, All-Terrain Robot
This tiny soft robot can tackle impressive obstacles, using magnets to walk, roll, jump and swim. This flexibility could be vital for medical applications.
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Source: Scientific American - February 2, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Nature Video Tags: Tech Medical & Biotech Source Type: research
Polar Bears Require More Food to Survive Than Thought
Due to climate change, they already may not be catching enough prey to meet their high energy demands
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Source: Scientific American - February 2, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Chelsea Harvey ClimateWire Tags: Sustainability Climate Conservation Environment Source Type: research
What China's Frightening Digital Strategy Portends for America's Future
The government's new"social credit" system attempts to track citizen behavior and reward those who stay in line
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Source: Scientific American - February 2, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Wenhong Chen Tags: Tech Policy & Ethics Source Type: research
On Super Bowl Sunday, Babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Will Be Lonely
One day without their parents isn’t such a big deal—but some infants rarely get family visits, and that is clearly detrimental to their health
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Source: Scientific American - February 2, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Nana Matoba Tags: Health Wellness Source Type: research
Birds Can Tell Us a Lot about Human Language
The brain areas that control vocal learning in birds are strikingly similar to language regions in the human brain
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Source: Scientific American - February 2, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Adam Fishbein Tags: The Sciences Evolution Source Type: research
Olympic Big Air Snowboarders Use Physics to Their Advantage
The PyeongChang Winter Games will debut big air snowboarding, where athletes who master the laws of physics will be most likely to medal and avoid injury
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Source: Scientific American - February 2, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Ramin Skibba Tags: The Sciences Physics Source Type: research
Holiday Cheer Leads to Birth Rate Spike
During feel-good holiday periods like Christmas and Eid-Al-Fitr, romance strikes—leading to a boom in births nine months later. Karen Hopkin reports.
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Source: Scientific American - February 2, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Karen Hopkin Tags: Health Mind Behavior & Society The Sciences Biology Chemistry Evolution Source Type: research
Holiday Cheer Leads to Birth-Rate Spike
During feel-good holiday periods like Christmas and Eid-al-Fitr, romance strikes—leading to a boom in births nine months later. Karen Hopkin reports.
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Source: Scientific American - February 2, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Karen Hopkin Tags: Health Mind Behavior & Society The Sciences Biology Chemistry Evolution Source Type: research
Strava Storm: Why Everyone Should Check Their Smart Gear Security Settings before Going for a Jog
A fitness-tracking app’s ability to reveal supposedly clandestine locations is a reality check for people lax about protecting their security and privacy
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Source: Scientific American - February 1, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Jason R. C. Nurse The Conversation US Tags: Tech Electronics Source Type: research
How Warp-Speed Evolution Is Transforming Ecology
Darwin thought evolution was too slow to change the environment on observable timescales—ecologists are discovering that he was wrong
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Source: Scientific American - February 1, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Rachael Lallensack Nature magazine Tags: The Sciences Biology Evolution Source Type: research
Dancing Dwarf Galaxies Deepen Dark Matter Mystery
A surprising alignment between small satellites of the galaxy Centaurus A challenges the standard model of cosmology
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Source: Scientific American - February 1, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Shannon Stirone Tags: The Sciences Physics Space Source Type: research
Why is Puerto Rico Dismantling its Institute of Statistics?
The organization which has consistently improved the efficiency and quality of public services on the island, and in the face of crushing debt and hurricane devastation, it's more crucial than ever
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Source: Scientific American - February 1, 2018 Category: Science Authors: M ónica I. Feliú-Mójer Tags: The Sciences Policy & Ethics Source Type: research
