When Does a Consciousness Test Not Test for Consciousness?.
Nautilus, Facts So Romantic. November 2014.
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@article{noauthor_when_2014,
title = {When {Does} a {Consciousness} {Test} {Not} {Test} for {Consciousness}?},
volume = {Facts So Romantic},
url = {http://nautil.us/blog/when-does-a-consciousness-test-not-test-for-consciousness},
abstract = {A pigeon looks at its reflection in the mirror. It sees a blue dot on the reflection’s breast. It reaches down and pecks at the\&\#8230;},
urldate = {2015-12-28},
journal = {Nautilus},
month = nov,
year = {2014},
}
A pigeon looks at its reflection in the mirror. It sees a blue dot on the reflection’s breast. It reaches down and pecks at the…
5 Things That Sound, Move, or Smell Like a Nuclear Explosion.
Nautilus, Facts So Romantic. September 2014.
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bibtex
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@article{noauthor_5_2014,
title = {5 {Things} {That} {Sound}, {Move}, or {Smell} {Like} a {Nuclear} {Explosion}},
volume = {Facts So Romantic},
url = {http://nautil.us/blog/5-things-that-sound-move-or-smell-like-a-nuclear-explosion},
abstract = {The Licorne (“Unicorn”) thermonuclear test; Fangataufa, French Polynesia; 1970CTBTO After most of the world’s nations signed\&\#8230;},
urldate = {2015-12-28},
journal = {Nautilus},
month = sep,
year = {2014},
}
The Licorne (“Unicorn”) thermonuclear test; Fangataufa, French Polynesia; 1970CTBTO After most of the world’s nations signed…
Austria’s Ahead-of-Its-Time Institute That Was Lost to Nazis.
Nautilus, Facts So Romantic. April 2014.
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@article{noauthor_austrias_2014,
title = {Austria’s {Ahead}-of-{Its}-{Time} {Institute} {That} {Was} {Lost} to {Nazis}},
volume = {Facts So Romantic},
url = {http://nautil.us/blog/austrias-ahead_of_its_time-institute-that-was-lost-to-nazis},
abstract = {In 1911, Popular Science Monthly published an enthusiastic description of a young, private experimental-biology institute in Vienna,\&\#8230;},
urldate = {2016-01-02},
journal = {Nautilus},
month = apr,
year = {2014},
}
In 1911, Popular Science Monthly published an enthusiastic description of a young, private experimental-biology institute in Vienna,…
Is the Future of Zoos No Zoos at All?.
The Atlantic, 2014. November 2014.
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@article{noauthor_is_2014,
title = {Is the {Future} of {Zoos} {No} {Zoos} at {All}?},
volume = {2014},
issn = {1072-7825},
url = {http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/11/is-the-future-of-zoos-no-zoos-at-all/383070/},
abstract = {Biologists are wiring up nature like never before with GPS trackers, live nest cams, camera traps, and other technologies.},
urldate = {2015-12-28},
journal = {The Atlantic},
month = nov,
year = {2014},
}
Biologists are wiring up nature like never before with GPS trackers, live nest cams, camera traps, and other technologies.
What Do Animals Think They See When They Look in the Mirror?.
Slate, 2014. October 2014.
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link
bibtex
@article{noauthor_what_2014,
title = {What {Do} {Animals} {Think} {They} {See} {When} {They} {Look} in the {Mirror}?},
volume = {2014},
issn = {1091-2339},
url = {http://www.slate.com/blogs/wild_things/2014/10/24/what_do_animals_see_in_the_mirror_self_recognition_and_social_behavior_video.html},
language = {en-US},
urldate = {2015-12-28},
journal = {Slate},
month = oct,
year = {2014},
}
Wheels when you need them.
Science, 345(6199): 862–863. August 2014.
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@article{noauthor_wheels_2014,
title = {Wheels when you need them},
volume = {345},
issn = {0036-8075, 1095-9203},
url = {http://www.sciencemag.org/content/345/6199/862},
doi = {10.1126/science.345.6199.862},
abstract = {Many of the bike-sharing systems introduced around the world in the past 15 years have the same problem: Riders tend to take some routes and not others. As a result, the bikes tend to collect in a few places, which is a drag for users and a costly problem for the operators, who "rebalance" the system using trucks that take bikes from full stations to empty ones. Now, scientists are coming up with special algorithms to improve this process. One of them, developed by scientists at the Vienna University of Technology and the Austrian Institute of Technology, is now being tested in Vienna's bike-sharing system; another, developed at Cornell University, is already in use in New York City.},
language = {en},
number = {6199},
urldate = {2016-01-02},
journal = {Science},
month = aug,
year = {2014},
pmid = {25146263; subscription.},
pages = {862--863},
}
Many of the bike-sharing systems introduced around the world in the past 15 years have the same problem: Riders tend to take some routes and not others. As a result, the bikes tend to collect in a few places, which is a drag for users and a costly problem for the operators, who "rebalance" the system using trucks that take bikes from full stations to empty ones. Now, scientists are coming up with special algorithms to improve this process. One of them, developed by scientists at the Vienna University of Technology and the Austrian Institute of Technology, is now being tested in Vienna's bike-sharing system; another, developed at Cornell University, is already in use in New York City.
Medical isotopes confound nuclear test monitoring.
Science, 345(6193): 126–126. July 2014.
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@article{noauthor_medical_2014,
title = {Medical isotopes confound nuclear test monitoring},
volume = {345},
issn = {0036-8075, 1095-9203},
url = {http://www.sciencemag.org/content/345/6193/126},
doi = {10.1126/science.345.6193.126},
abstract = {If a rogue nation tries to hide a nuclear test, a faint whiff of radioactive xenon leaking from the test site can unmask it. But a peaceful nuclear technology—the manufacture of medical isotopes—can produce almost identical emissions, confounding detection. Now, medical isotope–makers are pledging to help tame the problem; this month, the list of cooperating companies reached six. At stake is a worldwide network of hundreds of detectors—including 80 for radionuclides—that the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization is setting up to sense any violations of the treaty. If plants' emissions mask the signal of an actual bomb, it will be much harder to verify an apparent violation and hold a country to account.},
language = {en},
number = {6193},
urldate = {2016-01-02},
journal = {Science},
month = jul,
year = {2014},
pmid = {25013038; subscription.},
pages = {126--126},
}
If a rogue nation tries to hide a nuclear test, a faint whiff of radioactive xenon leaking from the test site can unmask it. But a peaceful nuclear technology—the manufacture of medical isotopes—can produce almost identical emissions, confounding detection. Now, medical isotope–makers are pledging to help tame the problem; this month, the list of cooperating companies reached six. At stake is a worldwide network of hundreds of detectors—including 80 for radionuclides—that the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization is setting up to sense any violations of the treaty. If plants' emissions mask the signal of an actual bomb, it will be much harder to verify an apparent violation and hold a country to account.
What Do Animals See in a Mirror?.
Nautilus, Issue 13: Symmetry. May 2014.
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@article{noauthor_what_2014,
title = {What {Do} {Animals} {See} in a {Mirror}?},
volume = {Issue 13: Symmetry},
shorttitle = {What {Do} {Animals} {See} in a {Mirror}?},
url = {http://nautil.us/issue/13/symmetry/what-do-animals-see-in-a-mirror},
abstract = {The idea for a tool to probe the basis of consciousness came to Gordon G. Gallup, Jr. while shaving. “It just occurred to me,”\&\#8230;},
urldate = {2016-01-02},
journal = {Nautilus},
month = may,
year = {2014},
}
The idea for a tool to probe the basis of consciousness came to Gordon G. Gallup, Jr. while shaving. “It just occurred to me,”…
Archaeageddon: how gas-belching microbes could have caused mass extinction.
Nature, 2014. March 2014.
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@article{noauthor_archaeageddon:_2014,
title = {Archaeageddon: how gas-belching microbes could have caused mass extinction},
volume = {2014},
shorttitle = {Archaeageddon},
url = {http://www.nature.com/news/archaeageddon-how-gas-belching-microbes-could-have-caused-mass-extinction-1.14958},
doi = {10.1038/nature.2014.14958},
abstract = {Study suggests gene transfer led to sudden release of methane 252 million years ago, killing most life on Earth.},
urldate = {2016-01-02},
journal = {Nature},
month = mar,
year = {2014},
}
Study suggests gene transfer led to sudden release of methane 252 million years ago, killing most life on Earth.
The soft power of sailfish bills.
Nature, 2014. April 2014.
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doi
link
bibtex
@article{noauthor_soft_2014,
title = {The soft power of sailfish bills},
volume = {2014},
issn = {1476-4687},
url = {http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/nature.2014.15086},
doi = {10.1038/nature.2014.15086},
urldate = {2016-01-02},
journal = {Nature},
month = apr,
year = {2014},
}
Follow that bird: Real-time data on migrating birds, coming to a phone near you.
Earth Touch News Network, 2014. June 2014.
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abstract
1 download
@article{noauthor_follow_2014,
title = {Follow that bird: {Real}-time data on migrating birds, coming to a phone near you},
volume = {2014},
shorttitle = {Follow that bird},
url = {http://www.earthtouchnews.com/discoveries/innovation/follow-that-bird-real-time-data-on-migrating-birds-coming-to-a-phone-near-you},
abstract = {Now you can get involved in tracking bird migrations thanks to a new app just released by one of the world's top centres for bird research.},
urldate = {2016-01-02},
journal = {Earth Touch News Network},
month = jun,
year = {2014},
}
Now you can get involved in tracking bird migrations thanks to a new app just released by one of the world's top centres for bird research.
After Marius the giraffe, zoos and conservation in the spotlight.
Earth Touch News Network, 2014. June 2014.
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abstract
@article{noauthor_after_2014,
title = {After {Marius} the giraffe, zoos and conservation in the spotlight},
volume = {2014},
url = {http://www.earthtouchnews.com/conservation/human-impact/after-marius-the-giraffe-zoos-and-conservation-in-the-spotlight},
abstract = {Ever since the controversial demise of a young giraffe named Marius, zoos and their management policies have been under scrutiny. At a recent science conference, experts tackled that touchy topic and weighed in on the role zoos should play in conservation.},
urldate = {2016-01-02},
journal = {Earth Touch News Network},
month = jun,
year = {2014},
}
Ever since the controversial demise of a young giraffe named Marius, zoos and their management policies have been under scrutiny. At a recent science conference, experts tackled that touchy topic and weighed in on the role zoos should play in conservation.
Top 6: Reasons why farmed tigers won't save wild ones.
Earth Touch News Network, 2014. October 2014.
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@article{noauthor_top_2014,
title = {Top 6: {Reasons} why farmed tigers won't save wild ones},
volume = {2014},
url = {http://www.earthtouchnews.com/environmental-crime/illegal-trade/top-6-reasons-why-farmed-tigers-wont-save-wild-ones},
abstract = {Some defend tiger farming by arguing that it protects wild tigers by satisfying demand for tiger products – but experts warn these arguments are flawed.},
urldate = {2015-12-28},
journal = {Earth Touch News Network},
month = oct,
year = {2014},
}
Some defend tiger farming by arguing that it protects wild tigers by satisfying demand for tiger products – but experts warn these arguments are flawed.
Move over mammals, threatened amphibians need camera traps too.
Earth Touch News Network, 2014. April 2014.
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@article{noauthor_move_2014,
title = {Move over mammals, threatened amphibians need camera traps too},
volume = {2014},
url = {http://www.earthtouchnews.com/discoveries/discoveries/move-over-mammals-threatened-amphibians-need-camera-traps-too},
abstract = {A camera trap can be a conservationist's best friend. But since most traps are triggered by an animal’s heat, they're no good for cold-blooded animals like reptiles and amphibians. That's why some researchers are working on new designs for cold-blooded creatures.},
urldate = {2016-01-02},
journal = {Earth Touch News Network},
month = apr,
year = {2014},
}
A camera trap can be a conservationist's best friend. But since most traps are triggered by an animal’s heat, they're no good for cold-blooded animals like reptiles and amphibians. That's why some researchers are working on new designs for cold-blooded creatures.
Ancient Rome's Terrorizing Toilets.
Discover Magazine, 2014. June 2014.
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abstract
1 download
@article{noauthor_ancient_2014,
title = {Ancient {Rome}'s {Terrorizing} {Toilets}},
volume = {2014},
url = {http://discovermagazine.com/2014/julyaug/4-archeological-crap-shoot},
abstract = {From biting creatures to spontaneous flames, doing your duty in ancient Rome could be a frightening task. Article also found in July/August 2014 print edition as "Archaeological Crap Shoot"},
urldate = {2016-01-02},
journal = {Discover Magazine},
month = jun,
year = {2014},
}
From biting creatures to spontaneous flames, doing your duty in ancient Rome could be a frightening task. Article also found in July/August 2014 print edition as "Archaeological Crap Shoot"
Flying Lessons.
BBC Wildlife, 2014. August 2014.
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bibtex
@article{noauthor_flying_2014,
title = {Flying {Lessons}},
volume = {2014},
journal = {BBC Wildlife},
month = aug,
year = {2014},
}