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Is Climate Change Really Causing Walruses to Jump Off Cliffs?
Live Science - 13 Apr 2019 14:58Unexpected properties uncovered in recently discovered superconductor
EurekAlert! - 13 Apr 2019 06:00
(Tokyo Metropolitan University) Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have found that crystals of a recently discovered superconducting material, a layered bismuth chalcogenide with a four-fold symmetric structu...
Characterization of 'hidden' dioxins from informal e-waste processing
EurekAlert! - 13 Apr 2019 06:00
(Ehime University) The composition of mixed brominated/chlorinated dibenzofurans (PXDFs) and diphenyl ethers in soils from an e-waste site in Ghana suggests a formation of PXDFs through condensation of the flame retardan...
NASA's Landmark Twins Study Reveals Resilience of Human Body in Space
Neuroscience News - 13 Apr 2019 19:46
NASA scientists have published the results of the Kelly Twin Study, which revealed how the body adapts to life in space, compared to life on Earth. The findings revealed that, in space, telomeres are unexpectedly longer,...
ICU patients with non-brain-related injuries may suffer undetected cognitive dysfunction
Neuroscience News - 13 Apr 2019 18:07
A number of patients in intensive care units for non-brain-related illnesses may suffer from cognitive dysfunction. Inflammation that occurs as a result of infection and problems with oxygen flow to the brain which occur...
This Week's Awesome Stories From Around the Web (Through April 13)
Singularity Hub - 13 Apr 2019 16:00
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Two Rival AI Approaches Combine to Let Machines Learn Like a Child Will Knight | MIT Technology Review “…the hybrid system addresses key limitations of both earlier approaches by combining the...
Can Any Animal Breathe Fire Like the Mythical Dragon?
Live Science - 13 Apr 2019 15:12Stratolaunch, the World's Biggest Aircraft, Makes Historic 1st Flight
Live Science - 13 Apr 2019 12:48David Attenborough finally talks climate change in prime time BBC slot
New Scientist - 13 Apr 2019 02:01
The BBC is finally putting global warming in TV's spotlight in an hour-long film, but is it too little, too late from the corporation?