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You may have seen it among your own friends: a high-profile #MeToo case triggers responses that assign some or all the blame on a victim of sexual harassment, with men more likely than women to side with an accused male.
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About 35 million years ago, an asteroid hit the ocean off the East Coast of North America. Its impact formed a 25-mile diameter crater that now lies buried beneath the Chesapeake Bay, an estuary in Virginia and Maryland.
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The only hint that something extraordinary lay inside the plain wooden drawer in an unassuming office behind Nairobi National Museum was a handwritten note stuck to the front: "Pull Carefully".
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By AFP
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It may not sound like the best way to go incognito, but some species of shark that lurk on the ocean floor glow a bright green hue visible to others of their kind.
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Israel’s attempt to become the first country to land a private spacecraft on the Moon ended in failure on Thursday, April 11, 2019. However, the chances of finding life on the lunar surface has ratcheted up, owing to its cargo of "water bears."
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Despite the anti-expert rhetoric exposed by some politicians (especially when they are unable to to challenge facts), the standing of scientists in the U.S. remains strong according to a new survey.
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An international team of astronomers has discovered a new solar system with a planet that could be habitable, a Spanish astrophysicist who led the research said Thursday.
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Seoul began testing delivery by drone in the country's remote regions Wednesday, with the hope of improving residents' quality of life, the government said.
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Bejing -
China outlined plans to build a modern, high-tech army in a national defence plan published Wednesday, as it accused Washington of undermining global strategic stability and warned against Taiwanese independence.
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The Milky Way gobbled up a galaxy one quarter of its mass 10 billion years ago in a "violent collision" that didn't fully settle for eons, astronomers said in new research published Monday.
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By AFP
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India will make a second attempt Monday to send a landmark spacecraft to the Moon after an apparent fuel leak forced last week's launch to be aborted.
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The concept of a carbon budget is dead simple: figure out how much CO2 humanity can pump into the atmosphere without pushing Earth's surface temperature beyond a dangerous threshold.
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By AFP
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Japan's Hayabusa2 probe made a "perfect" touchdown Thursday on a distant asteroid, collecting samples from beneath the surface in an unprecedented mission that could shed light on the origins of the solar system.
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By AFP
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By the year 2050, London's climate will resemble Madrid's today; Paris will be more like Canberra; Stockholm like Budapest and Moscow like Sofia, according to a new analysis published Wednesday that relied on optimistic projections.
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By AFP
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Japan's Hayabusa2 probe began descending on Wednesday for its final touchdown on a distant asteroid, hoping to collect samples that could shed light on the evolution of the solar system.
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By AFP
Budapest -
The Hungarian parliament passed a bill Tuesday enabling the takeover of research institutes by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government, which is accused by critics of seeking to control key institutions and sectors.
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A desert-based carnivorous dinosaur that used claws to capture small prey 90 million years ago has been unearthed in southern Brazil, scientists said Wednesday.
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By AFP
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A rise in US visa denials for Chinese academics and intensified scrutiny of alleged links to Beijing over fears of potential espionage are having a chilling effect on long-standing research collaboration, researchers say.
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By AFP
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After Neil Armstrong took a "giant leap for mankind" on the Moon nearly 50 years ago and collected rocks and soil along the way, Richard Nixon presented lunar souvenirs to every nation -- 135, at the time.
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One of the most influential public health officials in the world said Wednesday that he will no longer speak on scientific panels if they don't include women.
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By AFP
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NASA has renamed the street outside its Washington headquarters to honor three black female mathematicians whose pioneering work on the agency's early space program was chronicled in the film "Hidden Figures".
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By AFP
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Hungary's top scientific body warned Wednesday that a planned takeover of research institutes by Prime Minister Viktor Orban "threatens" academic freedom and provides an "alarming" blueprint for other EU governments to follow.
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By AFP
Bejing -
China has announced regulations to curb the smuggling of human organs and tighten oversight on the use of human genetic materials in research months after a Chinese scientist caused a global outcry by claiming that he gene-edited babies.
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As another extreme fire season starts in Canada with more people on the run, scientists say they are already seeing signs that climate change is playing a role.
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Invasive species can dramatically reshape environments and cause extinction, even when they don't prey on their newfound neighbours, according to new research that highlights the dangers of altering habitats.
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Back in 2001, a South African anthropologist named Francis Thackeray used tech from a narcotics crime lab to see what sorts of substances might have been smoked in 400-year-old pipe fragments unearthed in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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It might be elementary for many, but a new poll finds that one in five (around 20 percent) of the U.S. adult population cannot name a single element on the periodic table. The survey indicates the troubling status of science in the country.
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Scientists are zeroing in on the source of a powerful climate pollutant that was banned years ago but has mysteriously been increasing, with potentially damaging consequences for climate change.
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How we measure the world underwent a quantum leap on Monday as scientists adopted new hyper-accurate definitions for units of weight, electricity and temperature derived from the universal laws of Nature.
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From nudge theory, to the importance of looking at the science behind processes and procedures, the Pharmig microbiology conference in Ireland featured some of the hottest topics in the industry.
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An Acanthamoeba does not usually have a chance to do anything to a human eye. In this case it had several months of opportunity to do something. CDC
The OH molecule is found in many structures of life and is extremely useful in all forms of chemistry. Pubchem via Wikimedia
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Poster from a Canadian science campaign With permission by Reuters / Chris Wattie
An impressive look at the jawline of a crocodile. Raul654
The exhibition also provides the opportunity for members of the public to meet scientists.
North Korea's Science and Technology Center -- access to the country's intranet is highly restricted Ed JONES, AFP
Scientists have pieced together how the creatures would have looked. Now they have to decide how they lived and migrated. Tracy O
The difference between science and religion DamnedIfGodExists
The new exhibition provides an insight into the work of the unsung heroes who make the latest advances in science possible.
A computer model of the cocaine enzyme used in this study. It has shown some impressive results so far. Jawahar Swaminathan
When viewed closely an Australian jellyfish is a bit unnerving. Michael Coghlan
LHC CMS ECAL Endcaps Album copyright © STFC, 24 July 2008 11:15:55
Cannabis oil comes in a variety of forms which deliver different levels of the drug to those who ingest it. SgoG, Andres Rodriguez (CC BY 2.0)
Scientists used the same concept of wave motion found in nature. Ana Rodríguez Carrington (CC BY 2.0)
This diagram shows PKA in a system, it's the larger item in the lower right. I normally serves important functions but shutting it down temporarily can improve the immune system. Yikrazuul; chris 論
How NASA assets will observe Comet Siding Spring NASA
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