When Amos Abolaji returned to Nigeria from a year abroad, he brought home a strange souvenir — two jars full of fruit flies.
The biochemist had been conducting postdoctoral research at the Federal University of Santa Maria in…
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Geoscientists Discover Mysterious Subduction Zone beneath Pacific Ocean
During the Mesozoic era, between 250 and 120 million years ago, an ancient seafloor sank deep into Earth in the East Pacific Rise, a tectonic plate boundary on the floor of the southeastern Pacific Ocean, says a team of geoscientists from the…
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Study suggests simple steps may improve team ethics
Instead of ending a group meeting asking if anyone has any questions, a professor at UT Arlington suggests asking participants if they can think of anything that can go wrong with the plan discussed.
“It helps get people thinking about who could…
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The First Transistor Radio: Engineering the Regency TR-1
Imagine if your boss called a meeting in May to announce that he’s committing 10 percent of the company’s revenue to the development of a brand-new mass-market consumer product, made with a not-yet-ready-for-mass-production component. Oh,…
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Hunting Down Giant Viruses That Attack Tiny Algae – Environment | Weizmann Wonder Wander
They were said to come from outer space, and there were even claims that they were actually bacteria and that they undermined the very definition of viruses. Giant viruses, nicknamed “giruses,” contain enormous quantities of genetic material…
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How rapid intensification spawned two monster hurricanes in one week
One of the widest hurricanes on record slammed into Florida’s Gulf Coast on September 26 as a powerful Category 4 storm, inundating Florida’s coast with meters-high storm surge and sending tropical storm–force winds as far as…
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Scientists may have an explanation for why some batteries don’t last
Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries don’t last forever. Over time, they hold onto less charge, eventually transforming from power sources to bricks. One reason: hidden, leaky hydrogen, new research suggests.
Unwanted hydrogen…
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A method of ‘look twice, forgive once’ can sustain social cooperation
The theory of indirect reciprocity holds that people who earn a good reputation by helping others are more likely to be rewarded by third parties, but widespread cooperation depends on agreement about reputations. In most theoretical models…
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The world’s oldest cheese is now revealing its secrets
When scientists discovered the world’s oldest preserved cheese smeared on the necks of ancient mummies in China, it raised a lot of questions.
Now DNA analysis is answering some of them. It solidified that two of the three curdled…
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