LUXEMBOURG, June 15 (UPI) –New research suggests returns on investment in fine art have been significantly exaggerated. Economists’ advice to collectors: buy art if you enjoy it, but not with the expectation of profit. No longer simply framed and hung in …
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After all, a vaccine is no good if the people in need don’t receive it. This story appears in the June 25, 2016, Science News with the headline, “Swat that virus: Researchers aim to take the sting out of mosquito-carried diseases.” Citations Guy …
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News Behind The News (NbN): Weekly News and Analysis on India, 13 June 2016NbN is a weekly analytical bulletin on India and South Asia. NbN covers weekly unbiased analysis on Indian politics, bi-lateral re…
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The Society joined in on the fun and had a table at the event. Society staff told members of the public about our programs, passed out issues of Science News, and raffled off hoodies showcasing an issue of the magazine that focused on the search for …
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Astronomers have long pondered why, given the number of stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way, there has been such a deafening silence from the cosmos – despite attempts by Seti (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) scientists to eavesdrop on alien …
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Apple and Android smartwatches are getting better as their makers sand off the rough edges that have frustrated many early adopters. But the improvements are just small steps in a long journey to convince people they need a computer on their wrist.
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For the first time, an instrument onboard an orbiting Nasa spacecraft has measured the methane emissions from a single, specific leaking facility on the Earth’s surface, the US space agency has said. The observation – by the Hyperion spectrometer on Nasa’s …
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Airbus hopes to turn algae into biofuel for planes, with the plane maker saying that by 2050 five percent of jet fuel could be provided by algaculture. Jim Drury reports. Thomson Reuters is the world’s largest international multimedia news agency …
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The rocks are composed of elements that can solidify CO2 into limestone and other minerals, Science News reported last week. This process occurs naturally over time through weathering, but was thought to take far too long to help in the current battle …
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The researchers said on Tuesday they detected the complex organic molecule called propylene oxide in a giant cloud of gas and dust near the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Akin to a pair of human hands, certain organic molecules including propylene oxide …
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