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One Drop Of Sunscreen Can Damage A Fragile Coral Reef System, Says Report

Sunscreens that protect your skin from harsh rays of sun are turning out to be killer creams for coral reefs across the world. A new study by a team of international resear...

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Sustainable Development

Ex-NSA Hacker Launches Bug-Hunting Tool Inspired By Spy Agency

Now Kaplan, who is the founder of security firm Synack, wants to give white hat hacker and security researchers something similar to help them hunt bugs and vulnerabilities...

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Sustainable Development

The Syrian War Is Causing A Dust Bowl In The Middle East, Researchers Suspect

The Remote Sensing Laboratory in Israel uses a device called a sun photometer to measure the severity of dust storms. The device measures the amount of light coming from th...

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Sustainable Development

Inside MIT's Self-Replicating Objects

As with other Self-Assembly Lab projects, including the chair that builds itself we debuted earlier this year, Self-Replicating Spheres is built on customized magnets. When...

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Environment

Almost Half Of The World's Ocean Life Has Died Off Since 1970

According to the World Wide Fund for Nature's 2015 Living Blue Planet report, since 1970, Earth has lost a whopping 49 percent of global marine animal species. For their in...

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Gender

New Study Shows Gender Inequality In Photojournalism Is Real

While the news photography industry has spent the last decade bemoaning the diminishing numbers of photography positions in large news organizations, a small group of resea...

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Gender

Gender Affects Awarding Of Research Funding

Women are still underrepresented in top academic positions. One of the possible explanations for this is the increasing importance of obtaining research funding. Women are ...

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Environment

Scientists Want To See Microbeads Banned — And California Is Leading The Way

In a recent report, researchers from seven institutions have estimated that every day, a whopping 808 trillion microbeads are washed down drains in the United States, while...

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Migrant Crisis: “If We Don’t Stop Climate Change, Then What We See Right Now Is Just The Beginning”

The surge of people fleeing to Europe from the Middle East highlights how quickly mass migrations can occur. It may also offer a glimpse of what’s to come as climate ...

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Environment

Migrant Crisis: ?If We Don?t Stop Climate Change, Then What We See Right Now Is Just The Beginning?

The surge of people fleeing to Europe from the Middle East highlights how quickly mass migrations can occur. It may also offer a glimpse of what?s to come as climate change...

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