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18Jul/20

National Geographic Society Announces Spring 2020 Young Explorers

July 18, 2020ScienceArticles, Civic engagement, national geographic society, Oral literature, Science, Spoken word, Storytellingsmbale

The National Geographic Society is proud to announce the spring 2020 cohort of Young Explorer grantees. These 22 young people, between the ages of 16 and 26, represent six countries and are engaged in impact-driven efforts ranging from scientific innovation and conservation, to education, civic engagement, storytelling and more—all developing solutions to pressing problems within their communities. Read more

11Nov/17

State government calls off car rationing in New Delhi

November 11, 2017EnvironmentAir pollution, Capitals, Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi, Disaster preparedness, Economy, Environment, Environment of Delhi, Environmental issues in Delhi, India, Kailash Gahlot, National Green Tribunal Act, New Delhi, Rationing, Relaxation, Road space rationing, Science, Social Issuessmbale

NEW DELHI, INDIA (NOVEMBER 11, 2017) (ANI) – The Delhi government on Saturday (November 11) called off the “odd-even” car rationing scheme after country’s top environmental court had allowed the same but denied any relaxation for women drivers.
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11Sep/17

Passive polygraph takes lie detection into 21st Century

September 11, 2017InnovationAnxiety, Company: SilverLogic Labs, Francis Maguire, John Augustus Larson, law enforcement, Leonarde Keeler, Lie detection, Polygraph, Polygraphy, Pseudoscience, Science, Science and technology, SEATTLE, Technology/Internet, United Statessmbale

Seattle-based SilverLogic Labs have developed what they call a ‘passive polygraph’, basically a hi-tech version of the lie detector test. Francis Maguire has more. Continue reading →

18Apr/17

Swedish scientists discover ‘oldest plant life on Earth’

April 18, 2017ScienceAlgae, Articles, Astrobiology, Cambrian explosion, Earth sciences, Fossil, India, Nature, Organisms, Origin of life, Plant, Red algae, Science, Stefan Bengtson, Stockholm, Sweden, Therese Sallstedt, Timesmbale

Scientists have discovered plant life that is 1.6 billion years old, putting the origin of plant life on the planet back 400 million years earlier than previously thought.
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06Dec/16

French astronaut Pesquet speaks to schoolchildren from the International Space Station

December 6, 2016SpaceAquanauts, Astronaut, Disaster/Accident, European Astronaut Corps, European contribution to the International Space Station, European Space Agency, Expedition 50, International Space Station, Outer space, Paris, Pesquet, Russia, Science, Science and technology, Soyuz MS-03, Soyuz TMA-18M, Space programs, Spaceflight, Thomas Pesquetsmbale

French astronaut Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency takes part in a live in-flight event aboard the International Space Station, spinning a globe and describing the orbital craft’s journey over Earth.

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30Nov/15

Plankton increase may be due to rising carbon dioxide levels

November 30, 2015EnvironmentAquatic ecology, Biological oceanography, Carbon dioxide, Carbon sink, Chemical compounds, Chemical substances, Chemistry, Climate forcing, Coccolithophore, food source, Greenhouse gases, Haptophytes, John Hopkins, John Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins, NEXT MEDIA, North Atlantic, Planktology, Plankton, Sara Rivero, Sara Rivero-Calle, Sciencesmbale

Johns Hopkins University researchers have expressed concern after finding a major increase in the world’s population of plankton, citing rising carbon dioxide levels as a potential cause.
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07Aug/15

In paternalistic S.Korea, “sexy cooking men” break kitchen barrier

August 7, 2015Food and DrinkArticles, Behavior, Cooking, Development, Entertainment/Culture, Gender, Gender role, Gender studies, Human behavior, Humans, Interpersonal relationships, Lee Jin, Lee Jin-soo, LEE SOO, Role theory, Science, Seoul, Social Issues, Social psychology, Soo, South Koreasmbale

(REUTERS) – Fifty-three-year old Lee Jin-soo is cooking up a chicken and seafood stew tonight in this all-male cooking class in Seoul.
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09May/15

Brain model implanted into virtual mouse body

May 9, 2015InnovationAnatomy, Artificial intelligence, Biology, Brain, Brain simulation, Branches of biology, Computational neuroscience, Ecole polytechnique federale de Lausanne, Emerging technologies, Geneva, Gev, Gewaltig, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, Human brain, Human Brain Project, HUMAN BRAIN PROJECT NEUROROBOTICS SCIENTIST, Lausanne, Marc-Oliver, Marc-Oliver Gewaltig, Neuroinformatics, Neurorobotics, Neuroscience, Oliver, Robotics, Science, Switzerland, Technology/Internet, Tigsmbale

LAUSANNE AND GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / ANIMATION (REUTERS / HUMAN BRAIN PROJECT) – Scientists working towards mapping and modelling the human brain, have taken the first step by implanting a simplified mouse brain inside its virtual body.
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04Apr/15

Total lunar eclipse turns moon ‘blood red’

April 4, 2015SpaceApril 2014 lunar eclipse, Astrology, Astronomy, Eclipse, Eclipses, Gamma, Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, Lunar eclipse, Lunar observation, Nature, November 2022 lunar eclipse, Observing the Moon, Religion/Belief, Science, September 1913 lunar eclipse, Technology/Internet, Time, Units of timesmbale

(NVO) – The Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles livestreamed video of Saturday’s (April 4) total lunar eclipse, also called a “blood moon”.
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01Mar/15

World’s largest radio telescope project mark progress

March 1, 2015SpaceASTRON, Astronomical imaging, Astronomy, Australia, China, China Central Television, Cyril Ramaphosa, European Southern Observatory, Huang Wei, Minister, Naledi, Naledi Pandor, Observational astronomy, Pandor, Radio astronomy, Radio telescope, Radio telescopes, S Africa-Radio Telescope China Central Television, Science, Science and technology in South Africa, SKA, South Africa, Square Kilometre Array, Technology/Internet, Telescopessmbale

S Africa-Radio Telescope

China Central Television (CCTV) – Preliminary work on the world’s largest radio telescope project has made a major progress, with the completion of an array of radio telescopes in Northern Cape Province, South Africa.
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