Popular teen movies reel back from visible signs of puberty
Most popular coming-of-age movies don't reflect the true challenges of adolescence, suggests new research.
Social Sciences
Jul 9, 2025
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Prehistoric 'Swiss army knife' made from cave lion bone discovered in Neanderthal cave
Archaeologists have unearthed the earliest known multifunctional tool made from cave lion bone, shedding new light on Neanderthal ingenuity. The ancient utensil dates back to the end of the Saalian glaciation, around 130,000 ...
Agricultural liming in the US is a large CO₂ sink, say researchers
Adding lime to agricultural soils can remove CO2 from the atmosphere, rather than cause CO2 emissions, claims new research.
Ecology
Jul 9, 2025
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Dinosaur wrist bone discovery reshapes understanding of flight evolution
An analysis of two theropod dinosaur fossils has shown that they had a type of carpal bone (pisiform) in their wrists—a bone considered important to flight in birds.
Evolution
Jul 9, 2025
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Permanent retention of exceptional trees can improve ecosystem integrity in managed forests
Even-aged forest management is geared towards timber production with ecosystem health as a lesser consideration. This creates a dichotomy where forests are treated either as plantations or reserves. Uneven-aged management ...
Quantum battery model achieves theoretical speed limit, demonstrates genuine advantage
Over the past few years, researchers have developed various quantum technologies, alternatives to classical devices that operate by leveraging the principles of quantum mechanics. These technologies have the potential to ...
Peruvian citadel that is nearly 4,000 years old opens doors to tourists
To the music of conch shell trumpets, a 3,800-year-old citadel of the Caral civilization—one of the oldest in the world—opened its doors to visitors in Peru on Saturday, after eight years of study and restoration work.
Archaeology
Jul 13, 2025
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Queensland's horrific lion attack shows wild animals should not be kept for our amusement
Last weekend, a woman was mauled by a lioness at Darling Downs Zoo in Queensland, and lost her arm. The zoo, which keeps nine lions, has been operating for 20 years and had never experienced an incident such as this.
Plants & Animals
Jul 10, 2025
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Calculating the electron's magnetic moment: State-dependent values emerge from Dirac equation
Quantum mechanics has a reputation that precedes it. Virtually everyone who has bumped up against the quantum realm, whether in a physics class, in the lab, or in popular science writing, is left thinking something like, ...
Quantum Physics
Jul 9, 2025
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Quantum clocks deliver navigation accuracy far beyond current GPS systems in naval tests
Optical quantum clocks developed at the University of Adelaide have been proven to outperform GPS navigation systems by many orders of magnitude. The clocks, which were put through their paces in naval exercises, were designed ...
Optics & Photonics
Jul 8, 2025
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