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Honeybees and their value to humans
Massive Honeybee Die-offs Threaten US Food Supply; Cause Remains Unknown

Bees pollinate 80 percent of all the flowering crops in the U.S. and that accounts for a third of the food crops Americans eat.

China's industrial sectors have been struggling because of declining prices and slugging demand.
New ‘Northeast Phenomenon’ Underway as Chinese Provinces Experience Slower Growth Rate

A new “Northeast Phenomenon” is expected to be realized in the coming days, as the GDP of the Chinese northeastern provinces of Liaoning, Heilongjiang and Jilin has been growing a relatively slower rate than the rest of the country.

Stephen Hawking On Robotic Apocalypse
Stephen Hawking Warns Of Robotic Armageddon Facing Humankind In Next 100 Years

Eminent British Professor Stephen Hawking has cautioned futurists of the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and warned that computers had the potential to overtake human beings in the next 100 years.

An artist's rendering depicts a soft robotic rover, resembling a squid or lamprey, that can swim though oceans.
Robotic Eels to Explore Jupiter's Moon Europa

Researchers are now developing robotic eel like robots that are also electroluminescent that can dive deep into the massive ocean under the icy surface of Europa.

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Trap-Jaw Ants Use World’s Fastest Mandibles To Escape Hungry Predators: Study

As thrilling as an Ant-Man movie scene, researchers have discovered that trap-jaw ants use their mandibles to escape from predators creeping up on them. The jumping ants' spring-loaded jaws are the world's fastest appendages among Earth's animal predators.

A nighttime shot of some of the antennas of the OV-LWA with the center of our galaxy in the background.
New Radio Telescope Array Monitors Early Universe and Threatening Space Weather 24/7

Astronomers hope it will help them piece together a more complete picture of the early Universe and learn about extrasolar space weather.

Pluto's moons
NASA Releases First New Horizons' Photos of Pluto's Moons, Kerberos and Styx

New Horizons is now within sight of all the known members of the Pluto system following its detection of Pluto's giant moon Charon in July 2013.

An artist’s rendition of the non-avian dinosaur Anchiornis and a modern tinamou with premaxillary and palatine bones highlighted.
Hello, Jurassic Park: Scientists Reverse Engineer Bird's Beaks into Dinosaur Snouts

This is the first time anyone has successfully replicated the molecular processes that led from dinosaur snouts to the first bird beaks.

exoplanet
Scientists Can Accurately Predict Weather of Distant Exo Planets with NASA's Kepler Space Telescope

NASA's Kepler Space Telescope is observing distant planets for a long time and their weather patterns and behavior. Scientists from Great Britain and Canada are analyzing the obtained data in order to forecast the weather conditions on these planets.

Gene Editing
MIT, UC Berkeley Fighting Over Billion Dollar Worth CRISPR-Cas9/Gene-Editing Technology Patent

The scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and UC Berkeley are at loggerheads over the patent rights of CRISPR-Cas9, which is commonly known as the gene editing technology. MIT and Harvard are the current owners of the patent; last month U.S. Patent and Trademark Office received request to instead award the patent to UC Berkeley.

Naive young netizens who are heavy Internet users and online shoppers are particularly vulnerable to cyber theft and hacking.
Biggest Internet Safety Campaign in China Launches in June

A weeklong Internet security education campaign for the young will be launched at the beginning of June. It will be the largest Internet safety campaign ever seen in China.

A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter transports a howitzer during a U.S.-South Korea joint military exercise in Pocheon, South Korea, on March 25, 2015.
Russia and China to Develop New Transport Helicopter to Rival Chinook: IHS Jane's

Russia and China are jointly developing a new heavy-duty helicopter similar to that of the U.S. Army’s Chinook, the U.K.-based IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly reported on Friday.

China's newly developed psychological system is set to evaluate juvenile offenders' social backgrounds to know the reason why they are committing crimes.
Juvenile Law Breakers Face China's Newly Developed Psychological Profile System

The Supreme Prosecutor Office, China's highest prosecution authority, announced its newly designed psychological profile system created by Beijing Normal University, along with a drug rehabilitation center in Sichuan Province.

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