Baby-naming trends reveal ongoing quest for individuality
Choosing a baby's name that is distinctive is becoming harder, research reveals.
Social Sciences
Oct 31, 2018
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Major corridor of Silk Road already home to high-mountain herders over 4,000 years ago
Using ancient proteins and DNA recovered from tiny pieces of animal bone, archaeologists at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History (MPI-SHH) and the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography (IAET) at the ...
Archaeology
Oct 31, 2018
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Astronomers discover the giant that shaped the early days of our Milky Way
Some 10 billion years ago, the Milky Way merged with a large galaxy. The stars from this partner, named Gaia-Enceladus, make up most of the Milky Way's halo and also shaped its thick disk, giving it its inflated form. A description ...
Astronomy
Oct 31, 2018
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Cryo-EM reveals structure and mechanism of the 5-HT3 receptor
In November 2017, a Titan Krios cryo-electron microscope (cryo-EM) was inaugurated at the ESRF, the European Synchrotron, France. Data collected on this cryo-EM features in a Nature publication describing the activation cycle ...
Biochemistry
Oct 31, 2018
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Naturally occurring 'batteries' fueled organic carbon synthesis on Mars
Mars' organic carbon may have originated from a series of electrochemical reactions between briny liquids and volcanic minerals, according to new analyses of three Martian meteorites from a team led by Carnegie's Andrew Steele ...
Space Exploration
Oct 31, 2018
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What happened in the past when the climate changed?
Once again, humanity might be well served to take heed from a history lesson. When the climate changed, when crops failed and famine threatened, the peoples of ancient Asia responded. They moved. They started growing different ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 31, 2018
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Flexy, flat and functional magnets
In the nanoworld, magnetism has proven to be truly surprising. Magnetic 2-D materials just a few atoms thick could provide a substrate for ever-smaller post-silicon electronics. An international research team led by Park ...
Nanophysics
Oct 31, 2018
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Portugal bans use of wild circus animals
Portugal has banned the use of wild animals in circuses by 2024 with a new law passed by parliament and applauded by animal rights groups.
Ecology
Oct 31, 2018
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Another exec out amid sex harrassment tension at Google
Google-parent Alphabet on Wednesday confirmed that an executive accused of sexual harassment left the company without an exit package as tension over its handling of such matters heightened.
Business
Oct 31, 2018
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GM reports strong profits, lifting shares
General Motors profits eclipsed expectations in the latest quarter, despite the impact of tariffs and slipping sales volume, as the company unveiled a plan on Wednesday to cut jobs and reduce costs.
Business
Oct 31, 2018
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