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Research shows crowds hold the cards in referees' decisions
A team of university researchers have found that football crowds are influencing referees’ behavior in the…
Developing a sensor to detect disease-transmitting mosquitoes
Mosquitoes inhabit various world regions, with more than 3,000 species already identified. Some of these are…
'Good Night Oppy': Why this movie about a Martian robot will make you reach for your handkerchief
Get those Kleenex ready. You’ll never again see robots as just lurching, whirring, beeping hunks of…
Single-use cardboard boxes or reusable plastic crates—which type of packaging is more sustainable?
Plastic or cardboard? Single-use or reusable? The question on which type of packaging is the more…
Opinion: Working prisoners are entitled to employment and safety standards just like anybody else
The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) recently ended its longstanding relationship with the meatpacking company, Wallace…
A new instrument gives the Very Large Telescope an even sharper view of the cosmos
The Very Large Telescope (VLT) at Cerro Paranal in northern Chile, is undoubtedly one of the…
Examining previously unknown molecular mechanisms for environmental adaptation in plants
The Plant Physiology and Biochemistry research team at the University of Konstanz has discovered previously unknown…
Animals are key to restoring the world's forests, long-term data set reveals
As UN climate talks close in Egypt and biodiversity talks begin in Montreal, attention is on…
Double telescope study of zone where Wow! signal originated comes up empty
An international team of astronomers has conducted a double-telescopic study of the zone where the Wow!…