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DARPA: Color-Changing Robots Could Be Used Behind Enemy Lines
DARPA has released information about a new, chameleon-like soft robot that has a range of capabilities and can be...
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Underwater Noise Decreases Whale Communications in Stellwagen Banks
According to a NOAA-led paper published in the journal Conservation Biology, high levels of background noise, mainly due to...
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How “Policy By Panic” Can Backfire for Environmentalists
When well-meaning campaigners want us to pay attention to global warming, they often end up pitching beyond the facts....
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Temperature Rise Slows Economy in Poor Countries
Small increases in temperature may have reduced the industrial and agricultural production of poor countries, according to a study...
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A Major Advance Toward a Birth Control Pill for Men
Potentially huge news published today in the journal Cell is the result of two years of collaboration between teams...
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Sun Dominates Space Weather Concerns for Next Decade
A new report based on input from the science community outlines the most pressing objectives over the next decade...
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The Arctic Ice Crisis
There’s no place on Earth that’s changing faster – and no place where that change matters more – than...
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Ancestor of Sharks, Humans Had Sixth Sense
The common ancestor of sharks and humans — and all jawed animals with a backbone for that matter —...
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The Gates Foundation Issues Toilet Challenge
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is hosting a competition to reinvent the toilet for the 2.5 billion people...
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Room-Temperature Maser Could Make Talking to Space Much Simpler
Scientists at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have managed to produce a solid-state maser — a device similar...