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It's a run-off: Argentina's presidential election goes to a second round
Society, Politics & Law

It's a run-off: Argentina's presidential election goes to a second round

...become a powerful political identity, its standard-bearers can still lose elections if they end up fighting among themselves. Uneasy bedfellows Daniel Scioli was not an obvious choice of candidate. Given he’s always stuck to his own opinions and was a protégé of disgraced neoliberal president Carlos Menem, “Kirchnerista” hardliners have always regarded him with...
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Why would you want to make a bee wear a backpack?
Nature & Environment

Why would you want to make a bee wear a backpack?

...become truly useful: their weight, range, and how long their power source lasts. We’re aiming to reduce the transmitter weight by harvesting the energy the bee generates while flying. This will allow us to do away with the battery, which is normally the heaviest component. The final bee backpack will weigh less than 50 milligrams (about two grains of rice) and will be...
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Marco Rubio wins by coming in third
Society, Politics & Law

Marco Rubio wins by coming in third

...become the establishment alternative with a breakthrough in New Hampshire, but barring an exceptionally strong run to overtake or run alongside Cruz, Trump, and Rubio, that is looking more unlikely than ever. Unity wins On the surface, Bernie Sanders' strong showing against Hillary Clinton makes for a dramatic narrative for the hungry 24-hour broadcast media. At last,...
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What effect does increasing noise pollution have on mammals?
Nature & Environment

What effect does increasing noise pollution have on mammals?

...become alert and flee. The experiment was conducted under artificial noise and repeated during quiet control periods - building upon our previous research. Although we expected that the prairie dogs would take longer to respond when distracted by noise, we were surprised by our findings. Unlike the fish and the crabs, in the presence of noise, prairie dogs reacted earlier...
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Songs of Love and Hate: On Leonard Cohen
History & The Arts

Songs of Love and Hate: On Leonard Cohen

...become part of our emotional lives – the weather in which we walk – as much as Cohen’s. When ‘Famous Blue Raincoat’ closes with the densely personal line, ‘Sincerely L. Cohen’, we somehow don’t feel that it only applies to him. By disclosing this story of fractured relationships in the form of a letter to a rival, Cohen writes a script we can readily feel...
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What can parasites on Arctic shrews tell us about climate change?
Nature & Environment

What can parasites on Arctic shrews tell us about climate change?

...become more fragmented. “All over, but particularly at higher latitudes, species are rapidly shifting around the landscape,” says Hope. “The ranges of many species are changing as environmental conditions change, and the result is a sudden increase in overlap in these communities.” When environmental conditions change, species may adapt to the new conditions,...
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Yes, we still need International Women's Day
Society, Politics & Law

Yes, we still need International Women's Day

...becoming increasingly mainstream. Sites such as Everyday Feminism and Feministing have certainly captured the public interest and, particularly, that of young women. Celebrities support it) and magazines we once associated with traditional femininities now tell us that feminism is cool. To this we can add the complex political events of the last 12 months, which appear to...
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Did the economic outlook encourage a snap election?
Money & Business

Did the economic outlook encourage a snap election?

...on little of its promises. Calling an election now then, when the going still looks good, is May’s best chance of ever becoming an elected prime minister. In that circumstance she has succumbed to vanity, as all politicians do. Britons might all, quite literally, pay the cost of that. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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