Mānoa (UHM) developed an array of highly innovative experiments to allow scientists to safely test first-aid measures used for box jellyfish stings - from folk tales, like urine, to state-of-the-art technologies developed ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 19, 2016
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Children who participate in collaborative group work to learn about significant social issues become better decision-makers than their peers who learn the same curriculum through teacher-led discussions, a new study finds.
Social Sciences
Jan 19, 2016
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Tens of millions of Americans from Washington to Boston and the Ohio Valley could be walloped by an end-of-the-week snowstorm, meteorologists say.
Environment
Jan 19, 2016
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Aiming to use humor to boost its audience, US broadcasting group Univision said Tuesday it was acquiring a stake in the satirical news group The Onion.
Business
Jan 19, 2016
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US Interior Secretary Sally Jewell heads to Africa on Wednesday to denounce the trafficking of wild animals, on the rise over the past five years.
Ecology
Jan 19, 2016
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Plastic rubbish will outweigh fish in the oceans by 2050 unless the world takes drastic action to recycle the material, a report warned Tuesday on the opening day of the annual gathering of the rich and powerful in the snow-clad ...
Environment
Jan 19, 2016
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Two Chinese soldiers were "co-conspirators" in a plot to steal US military secrets, including designs for the F-35 stealth fighter and other warplanes, a Canadian newspaper reported Tuesday.
Security
Jan 19, 2016
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Amazon on Tuesday announced the arrival of devices that order their own refills from the online retail titan.
Business
Jan 19, 2016
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Animal health officials investigating a bird flu outbreak in southwest Indiana have ordered 156,000 chickens at one of 10 affected commercial poultry farms to be euthanized, raising the total number of birds to be killed ...
Other
Jan 19, 2016
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A new scientific journal article reports that carbon dioxide can emerge from the deep ocean in a surprising way—a new piece of the global carbon "puzzle" that researchers must solve to fully understand major issues like ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 19, 2016
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