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The ten-billion-dollar gamble: What the JWST will do (and why it’s taken so long)

Physics World

Similarly, a host of discoveries about the evolution of galaxies and how stars and planets form have raised new questions for the scope to answer. Despite the telescope’s hefty price tag and delayed launch, Lee Feinberg , the optical telescope element manager at NASA Goddard, is confident that it will be worth it.

2011 109
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#1: Is there an evolutionary advantage to "being stupid"?

Science Blogs

He described how this line of thinking places man at the peak of evolution resulting in our tendency toward an anthropocentric view of the world. Robin discussed how larger and more complex brains are associated with greater intelligence, which by evolutionary standards was thought to be related to "superiority." 16(3): 369-380, 1973.

2017 40
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How dancing honey bees could help us save pollinators

Frontiers

See the article published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution ). In these experiments, we train honey bees that are individually marked with a little number tag to collect sugar syrup from an artificial feeder at a known location. Secondly, we know because, similar to von Frisch, we can do calibration experiments.

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An Interview about Row Crop Machinery Technology

JANZEN AG

This contributed to somewhat of a slow evolution in technology, as large corporations offered incremental advancements and focused on protecting their market share as opposed to investing in risky – but potentially revolutionary – technology. .* Agricultural machinery has experienced a recent history similar to other heavy industries.

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Astro2020 Decadal Survey calls for ‘great observatory’ to succeed Hubble

Physics World

The third area is understanding what happened in the earliest moments in the universe and to improve our understanding of the origins and evolution of galaxies. m mirror would have an even lower price tag of $7.8bn. A second is to probe the nature of black holes and neutron stars. A smaller version of HabEx featuring a 3.2

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Global Perspectives on a Global Pact for the Environment

Law Columbia

Soft law has played a significant role in the evolution of normative structure in various areas of international law. The outcome could provide a ‘soft’ normative framework comprising various degrees of cogency, persuasiveness, and consensus. In any event, hardness or softness of a rule will not impinge upon its normative character.

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High-energy physics: are the days of international collaboration coming to an end?

Physics World

Its advertised cost is in the order of $6bn, paid largely by the Chinese government, which can probably afford this price tag, given its strong economy and trade surpluses. Such external influences could easily compromise the resulting laboratory’s nascent scientific culture at a critical point in its evolution.

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