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Social Sciences Apr 22, 2024

TikTok fears point to larger problem: Poor media literacy in the social media age

The U.S. government moved closer to banning the video social media app TikTok after the House of Representatives attached the measure to an emergency spending bill on Apr. 17, 2024. The House voted on each of the four components ...

Ecology Mar 27, 2024

We built an AI tool to help set priorities for conservation in Madagascar: What we found

Artificial Intelligence (AI)—models that process large and diverse datasets and make predictions from them—can have many uses in nature conservation, such as remote monitoring (like the use of camera traps to study animals ...

Education Mar 24, 2024

Ghana's free high school policy is getting more girls to complete secondary education: Study

Education drives economic growth and individual well-being. Secondary education, in particular, plays a crucial role. In recent decades, this recognition has encouraged several African countries to make secondary education ...

Ecology Mar 24, 2024

Nevada's first big-game moose hunt will be tiny as unusual southern expansion defies climate change

In what will be a tiny big-game hunt for some of the largest animals in North America, Nevada is planning its first-ever moose hunting season this fall.

Social Sciences Mar 20, 2024

The problem with shaming people for Auschwitz selfies

Selfies have become the modern day equivalent of postcards, a way to share our travel experiences with family and friends on social media. It's one thing to strike a goofy pose and snap a photo for Instagram on a beach or ...

Astrobiology Mar 20, 2024

Life's building blocks are surprisingly stable in Venus-like conditions: Study

If there is life in the solar system beyond Earth, it might be found in the clouds of Venus. In contrast to the planet's blisteringly inhospitable surface, Venus' cloud layer, which extends from 30 to 40 miles above the surface, ...

Other Mar 18, 2024

The mystery of consciousness shows there may be a limit to what science alone can achieve

The progress of science in the last 400 years is mind blowing. Who would have thought we'd be able to trace the history of our universe to its origins 14 billion years ago? Science has increased the length and the quality ...

Economics & Business Mar 14, 2024

The timeless wisdom of Sanpo-yoshi for present day businesses

There is a growing emphasis for corporations to consider their impact on the environment, society, and its stakeholders. Broadly falling under environmental, social and governance or ESG, this involves practices such as using ...

Ecology Mar 13, 2024

How climate change drives the spread of invasive plants

As the climate warms, the number of alien species on every continent is expected to increase 36% by 2050. Some alien species—that is, plants or animals that live outside their natural range—are invasive and can harm ecosystems ...

Analytical Chemistry Mar 7, 2024

Active copper structures in ZnO-Cu interfacial catalysis: CO₂ hydrogenation to methanol

Recent research published in the journal Science China Chemistry explores active copper structures in ZnO-Cu interfacial catalysis. Many experiments, including catalyst preparation, structural characterizations, catalytic ...

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