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Contemporary indigenous activism reveals the role of ‘place’ in environmental sustainability and justice, MU scholar finds

COLUMBIA, Mo. – “Place-based identity” is the idea that people form a sense of place and establish connections to a geographical area. Often, place-based struggles arise when that sense of home is threatened by development or undermined by non-local actors. In a new book that focuses on place-based activism led by indigenous people in the United States, Canada and New Zealand, Soren Larsen suggests that today’s place-based battles are transforming the way native and non-native people are understanding and relating to place itself. (more…)

Going for broken: Inside the Microsoft lab where devices get tested to death

In an unmarked, windowless building at a confidential location, bad things happen to good hardware.

Surface Pens are forced to scribble nonstop for months. Packaged Surface devices crash hard inside a “shock tower.” And Surface laptops endure a grievous gauntlet – tests mimicking a lifetime of exposure to high heat, deep cold, rain, humidity, dust, fog, chemicals and ultraviolet radiation. (more…)

Kleider machen Leute: Je mehr (nackte) Haut, desto weniger Empathie

Objektifizierung von Frauen bewirkt Mangel an Mitgefühl

Sexualisierte Darstellungen, vor allem die Betonung sekundärer Geschlechtsmerkmale, können die Art und Weise verändern, wie wir eine Person wahrnehmen. (more…)

Old Faithful’s geological heart revealed

Dense seismograph network shows subsurface geyser plumbing structures

Old Faithful is Yellowstone National Park’s most famous landmark. Millions of visitors come to the park every year to see the geyser erupt every 44-125 minutes. But despite Old Faithful’s fame, relatively little was known about the geologic anatomy of the structure and the fluid pathways that fuel the geyser below the surface. Until now. (more…)

Todorov explores the ‘Irresistible Influence of First Impressions’

For more than a decade, Princeton psychologist Alexander Todorov has studied the irresistible but faulty first impressions people form when they see a face for the first time. (more…)

Virtual reality on ice

Computer scientists bring polar region to life using virtual reality

Scott Sorensen’s experiences as a computer science student at the University of Delaware were hardly typical. (more…)

Bundesbevölkerung mit Maßnahmen der Energiewende zufrieden

Die Deutschen sind mit den Zielen und Maßnahmen zur Umsetzung der Energiewende mehrheitlich zufrieden, sehen jedoch Probleme bei der Verteilung der Kosten. Das ist das Ergebnis zweier Studien des Fachgebiets für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung der Universität Kassel. Dabei fördern die Autoren auch neue Erkenntnisse über die Haltung der Kritiker der Energiewende zutage. (more…)

Recluse or Not? Scientists Use Twitter to Tackle Spider Questions

Recluse spiders, especially the brown recluse (Loxosceles reclusa), are one of the world’s most maligned groups of spiders. Everybody thinks they know someone who’s been bitten by one, but bites are actually uncommon. (more…)