Report: Iran says it files charges against Telegram app CEO
Iranian prosecutors have filed criminal charges against the CEO of the popular encrypted messaging app Telegram, a semi-official news agency reported Tuesday.
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NASA satellite data shows Hurricane Maria's strongest side
NASA's Aqua satellite provided an infrared look at Hurricane Maria's cloud top temperatures and found the coldest cloud tops and strongest storms were facing east of the center and away from the U.S. However, Maria is a large ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 26, 2017
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Fisheries sustainability linked to gender roles among traders
A new WCS study, published in the journal Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, of fish traders in coastal Kenya shows that women largely occupied fisheries with the lowest profits and are not saving money while working in ...
Ecology
Sep 26, 2017
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Some marine species more vulnerable to climate change than others
Certain marine species will fare much worse than others as they become more vulnerable to the effects of climate change, a new UBC study has found.
Ecology
Sep 26, 2017
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Two Caribbean bird-catcher trees named after two women with overlooked botanical works
Known for their biodiversity richness, the Caribbean Islands are now adding two new species of bird-catcher trees to their list of botanical treasures. Commonly referred to as bird-catcher trees, the species whose ripe fruits ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 26, 2017
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The 3-D selfie is here
Computer scientists at the University of Nottingham and Kingston University have solved a complex problem that has, until now, defeated experts in vision and graphics research. They have developed technology capable of producing ...
Computer Sciences
Sep 26, 2017
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Warm Northwest waters draw spawning fish north
Unusually warm ocean conditions off the Pacific Northwest in the last few years led anchovies, sardines and hake to begin spawning in Northwest waters much earlier in the year and, for anchovy, longer than biologists have ...
Ecology
Sep 26, 2017
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With mock space capsule, researchers partner with NASA to study astronaut fitness
A mock space capsule has landed in Kansas State University's Ice Hall. In this built-to-scale model of the Orion spacecraft, "astronauts" practice emergency escape maneuvers while a university kinesiology team studies their ...
Space Exploration
Sep 26, 2017
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A record number of Americans viewed the 2017 solar eclipse
Eighty-eight percent of American adults viewed the August total solar eclipse directly or electronically. This audience of 215 million adults is nearly twice the size of the viewership of recent Super Bowl football games.
Space Exploration
Sep 26, 2017
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'Hypermutators' drive pathogenic fungi to evolve more rapidly
Mutations tend to get a bad rap, and deservedly so. A single defect in our DNA can strip us of our sight, thicken our lungs with mucus, prompt us to bleed to death, weaken our muscles or fill our organs with tumors.
Cell & Microbiology
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