Why Culture Clashes at the Olympics Matter
Differences in language and customs will inevitably lead to miscommunications and misunderstandings among the athletes
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Source: Scientific American - February 13, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Viorica Marian Tags: The Sciences Policy & Ethics Source Type: research
Will Astronomers Be Ready for the Next 'Oumuamua?
It may already have arrived. Here’s how scientists are preparing for the next close encounter
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Source: Scientific American - February 13, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Joshua Sokol Tags: The Sciences Space Source Type: research
Old Trees Are Ecosystem Gold
David Lindenmayer of the Australian National University College of Science in Canberra says that older trees play outsized roles in maintaining landscapes and ecosystems.
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Source: Scientific American - February 13, 2018 Category: Science Tags: Sustainability Climate Conservation EARTH Environment The Sciences Biology Policy & Ethics Source Type: research
NASA Budget Proposal Defunds Space Station, Space Telescopes and More
The White House’s controversial plans for U.S. space science and exploration could ignite a budgetary battle with Congress
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Source: Scientific American - February 12, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Lee Billings Tags: The Sciences Space Source Type: research
Trump Budget Gives Last-Minute Reprieve to Science Funding
Funding for the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health would hold steady after Congress agrees to lift spending caps, but details are fuzzy
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Source: Scientific American - February 12, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Giorgia Guglielmi Amy Maxmen Lauren Morello Sara Reardon Jeff Tollefson Alexandra Witze Nature magazine Tags: The Sciences Policy & Ethics Source Type: research
Researchers Find No Strong Link between Prenatal Ultrasounds and Autism
New study provides more evidence early pregnancy scans are not tied to the disorder
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Source: Scientific American - February 12, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Dina Fine Maron Tags: Health Biotech Mind Neurological Health Neuroscience Medical & Source Type: research
Former Utility CEO Brings Solar Power to Africa
Duke Energy's Jim Rogers is trying to light up rural countries one village at a time
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Source: Scientific American - February 12, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Jean Chemnick ClimateWire Tags: Sustainability Climate Environment Tech Energy Source Type: research
The Olympic Motto, Cellular Memories and the Epigenetic Effects of Doping
Performance-enhancing substances such as steroids can still have an effect after athletes stop using them
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Source: Scientific American - February 12, 2018 Category: Science Authors: E. Paul Zehr Tags: The Sciences Policy & Ethics Source Type: research
How Many Gigs are You Wearing?
Magnetic clothing could be used to store passwords and other data
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Source: Scientific American - February 12, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Yasemin Saplakoglu Tags: Advances Tech Computing Electronics Engineering Source Type: research
Submersibles Peer into the Greatest Living Light Show on Earth [Video]
Researchers hope to get people talking about our beautiful, complex oceans
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Source: Scientific American - February 12, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Yasemin Saplakoglu Tags: Sustainability Environment The Sciences Biology Source Type: research
Our Actions Don't Matter in a Cosmic Sense--but That Doesn't Mean They Don't Matter
Science reveals our deepest purpose
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Source: Scientific American - February 12, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Michael Shermer Tags: Skeptic Behavior & Society The Sciences Source Type: research
How to Find a Woman Scientist
A new database is fighting the poor visibility of women in STEM by offering female professionals as speakers, panelists, experts, course leaders and advocates for diversity...
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Source: Scientific American - February 12, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Katarzyna Nowak Tags: The Sciences Policy & Ethics Source Type: research
Life on the Rocks
Scientists are probing deep beneath the ocean’s surface to learn how life on Earth began
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Source: Scientific American - February 12, 2018 Category: Science Authors: James Nestor bioGraphic Tags: Sustainability Environment The Sciences Biology Source Type: research
Marine Microbes Exchange Fire With Elaborate Subcellular Weapons [Video]
Discovery“represents a new extreme in organelle complexity”
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Source: Scientific American - February 11, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Jennifer Frazer Tags: The Sciences Biology Source Type: research
Boat Noise Means Fish Can't Learn Their Lessons
Damselfish had trouble learning to avoid predators, when that lesson was accompanied by a soundtrack of buzzing boat engines. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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Source: Scientific American - February 11, 2018 Category: Science Tags: Sustainability Conservation Environment The Sciences Biology Evolution Source Type: research
