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Adani Green Energy
Adani Green Energy recently started work on turning a huge tract of desert in Gujarat into what may become the world’s largest solar farm. He said: “We believe very strongly in what we do. How do we achieve our new target of 250 GW in 10 years? Where do we get the capital from? What are the challenges that we are grappling with every year.
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Read more at The Telegraph
Birds and the Sleeping Dog
Freud, who catalyzed the study of dreams with his foundational 1899 treatise, would have discounted this as a mere chimera of the wishful unconscious. But what we have discovered about the mind suggests another possibility for the adaptive function of these parallel lives in the night.
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Read more at The New York Times
The Digital Divide and Nonprofits
Abstract Over the years, the Digital Divide has focused primarily on the fear that specific groups of people will be left behind in an increasingly technical world. Less, however, has been said about the probability of an organizational digital divide. The fundamental belief is that nonprofits are at a disadvantage when it comes to adopting and maintaining current information technology systems due to a variety of challenges they face.
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The Secret Ingredient to the Perfect Cuppa
The UK’s favourite drink is made from the plant Camellia sinensis. It doesn’t matter if your tea is green, black or oolong, they all come from the same plant species. There are a lot of different chemicals in tea leaves (too many to go into here)
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Read more at Education in Chemistry
EurekAlert!
In image 5, a Swedish speaker produces a representational gesture with her palms pointing down, fingers bending slightly around a loose, round shape. The gesture represents the action of pressing the molds for shaping the dough.
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Read more at EurekAlert
Solar Eruptions and Geomagnetic Storms
The sun is currently ramping up to hit the peak of its 11-year activity cycle. In the past few days, powerful solar eruptions have sent a stream of particles towards Earth which are set to produce spectacular auroras in both hemispheres. But these kinds of geomagnetic storms can also have less appealing consequences.
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Read more at The Guardian
Northwest Arkansas Regional Science and Engineering Fair
Nearly 250 fifth through 12th-grade students from 21 regional schools recently participated in the 73rd Northwest Arkansas Regional Science and Engineering Fair. The annual science fair works to improve STEM education by encouraging students — future scientists, technologists, mathematicians and engineers to explore STEM disciplines through their research and problem/project-based learning. Over 200 U of A faculty members, graduate students and undergraduate students served as judges and volunteers for the fair.
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Read more at University of Arkansas Newswire
Is There Any Science to Low-Dopamine Mornings?
Low-dopamine mornings are designed around tasks that are calming (or boring), rather than engaging. That way, your brain won’t feel the deficit in dopamine when you begin work. Undefined For example, reading the morning news can be swapped with an easy household chore, while your high-intensity workout can be replaced by a slow walk or meditation.
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Read more at BBC Science Focus Magazine
Clemente Clemente Agricultural Science Cyclones 13-0
Clemente beat the Agricultural Science Cyclones 13-0 on Monday. Jayden Morales surrendered just zero earned runs on zero hits and racked up six Ks. Jordan Caraballo and Sean Davis did most of the damage at the plate.
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Read more at MaxPreps
Women in Science Panel Discussion
The Randall Women in Science Inclusion, Diversity, Equality, and Allegiance group hosted a panel of women in science to learn what it is like to be a woman in a male-dominated field. The panel heard questions from graduate students in science. Dr. Lee Fortunato is a scientist of cellular virology, Dr. Tracy Peters focuses on phage biology.
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Read more at Argonaut