Facing Visual Pollution In Urban Areas
Going for an outdoor walk in our cities for taking fresh air, enjoying a panorama, sight seeing a monument, or shopping and having a drink can…
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Monthly Archive: October 2018
Study Claims All Harmful Personality Traits Share One Dark Core
A new study done by Danish-German scientists has suggested that all of the malignant attributes that are found in the human psyche have a common…
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China Invests In Social Credit System That Ranks Citizen Trustworthiness, Could End Up Splitting The Internet In The Next Decade
The government of China is in the process of implementing a “social credit” system, where individuals will receive a trust score and receive or lose…
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Plastic Mulch Increasing Water Consumption At Night In Croplands
Farmland as an important part of the terrestrial ecosystem inevitably affects regional ecohydrology process. Changes of terrestrial processes as the result of human activities will…
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Semiconductor Technology May Pave Way For Integrating Quantum Communications Into Standard Optical Channels
Since the 1920s, scientists have theorized ways to exploit the properties of quantum systems for communication purposes. By utilizing the strange properties of quantum entities…
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The Power Of Protein Modification
Eukaryotic proteins are made up of both “ordered” and “disordered” parts. The former have a fixed 3D structure, while the latter do not take on…
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Kind Actions Make People Feel Good Even When They Do Not Benefit
The English philosopher Thomas Hobbes was famous (infamous?) for arguing that human beings necessarily always act in their own self-interest. According to Hobbes, every action a…
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Interstellar Object “Oumuamua” Traced To Potential Place Of Origin
Back in 2017, astronomers at the Haleakala Observatory in Hawaii caught a glimpse of an unusual sight. Data gathered from the Paan-Starr telescope array captured an…
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Zero Slope Line: Equation And Examples
A zero slope line is a straight, perfectly flat line running along the horizontal axis of a Cartesian plane. The equation for a zero slope…
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Jasper Stone: An Aggregate Mineral
Jasper stone is an aggregate stone, made out of chalcedonic quartz or microgranular quartz. Jasper is typically opaque in appearance and is usually green, brown,…
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Black Onyx: A Cryptocrystalline Form Of Quartz
Black Onyx is a mineral, specifically a type of quartz that has a cryptocrystalline structure. Onyx is known for its varying color patterns, as it…
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