By Heidi Harley

science / science - 5 years ago

Conservationists slam Australia shark policy as more killed

Conservationists on Monday slammed the baiting and killing of sharks at a popular Great Barrier Reef tourist spot after two swimmers were attacked, saying the policy was brutal and indiscriminate. Queensland state authorities deployed drumlines -- which use baited hooks to catch the predators -- at...

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Google looking to future after 20 years of search

Google celebrated its 20th birthday Monday, marking two decades in which it has grown from simply a better way to explore the internet to a search engine so woven into daily life its name has become a verb. The company was set to mark its 20th anniversary with an event in San Francisco devoted to t...

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Doctrine of the (measurement) mean

Don’t invite me to dinner the night before an academic year begins. You’ll find me in an armchair or sitting on my bed, laptop on my lap, journaling. I initiated the tradition the night before beginning college. I take stock of the past year, my present state, and hopes for the coming year. Much of...

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Drivers see red over Oslo's green 'war on cars'

Determined to go green, Oslo is slowly but surely ridding its city centre of motorists, angering some who say the "war on cars" is putting the brakes on individual freedoms. "We have to give the city back to the people, so children can play safely, so elderly people can have more benches to sit on,...

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2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #38

A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week. Editor's Pick Solar Energy Largely Unscathed by Hurricane Florence’s Wind and Rain North Carolina gets nearly 5 percent of its electricity from solar panels. The state's solar farms su...

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New research, September 10-16, 2018

A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below. Climate change& Historicizing climate change—engaging new approaches to climate and history& (open access) State of the Climate in 2017& (open access) Temperature, precipitation, wind The strengthening of Amazonian precipita...

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FBI: Solar observatory closed after child porn case opened

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The mysterious closure of a solar observatory in southern New Mexico earlier this month happened after the FBI started opened a child pornography investigation involving a janitor's computer found at the observatory and agents tracked wireless signals used to access chil...

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Science of Addiction

The Science Gallery London at Kings College London, right under the Shard, is a brand new venue for the collision of art, science and culture, and its opening exhibition is called Hooked, a series of installations and works by people who have experienced addiction. Adam Rutherford explores the neuro...