It’s like radar, but with light. Distributed acoustic sensing — DAS — picks up tremors from volcanoes, quaking ice and deep-sea faults, as well as traffic rumbles and whale calls.
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What you see is what you hear.
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
Is the dumpster in the alley worthy of a poem?
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Nearshoring may be the manufacturing model of the future.
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Retired astronaut Ron Garan believes that before we can begin solving our problems, we must understand our interrelatedness through the “orbital perspective.”
The research could aid the development of more effective treatments for conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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The most important events in history have nothing to do with politics or wars.
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Toxoplasmosis, which results from a chance encounter with a cougar and the parasite it carries, can push a wolf to seek alpha status.
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We all see beauty the same way.
There will always be “wolf-criers” whose claims wither under scrutiny. But aliens are certainly out there, if science dares to find them.
The popular game has a backstory rife with segregation, inequality, intellectual theft, and outlandish political theories.
How could we fight Alzheimer’s with the body’s own immunity?
Use words with plosives and affricates if you really want to make sure everyone knows you mean business.
Zen masters often have strikingly different ideas about how to live and attain enlightenment.
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