Two new images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope show what may be among the earliest galaxies ever observed. Both images include objects from more than 13 billion years ago, and one offers a much wider field of view ...
Astronomy
Aug 4, 2022
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A fruit fly genome is not a just made up of fruit fly DNA—at least for one fruit fly species. New research from the University of Maryland School of Medicine's (UMSOM) Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS) shows that one ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 2, 2022
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The wild orchid Habenaria radiata's pure white petals resemble a white egret in flight (hence its common name white egret orchid). H. radiata has been loved by people since ancient times but the adaptive significance of the ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 29, 2022
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Lack of trust in health authorities, combined with the fear and uncertainty about the disease, created fertile ground for false rumors to spread about COVID-19 vaccines. Countering the rumors may be about attitude as well ...
Social Sciences
Jul 29, 2022
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The peer review process is a cornerstone of modern scholarship. Before new work is published in an academic journal, experts scrutinize the evidence, research and arguments to make sure they stack up.
Social Sciences
Jul 25, 2022
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According to a new study, students in grades 3 through 8 across the United States lost as much as 20 weeks of academic progress during the 2020–2021 school year as a consequence of remote and hybrid learning at the height ...
Economics & Business
Jul 20, 2022
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Apple products are already a central part of our lives in so many ways. We use them to work, socialize, monitor our heart rates, pay for things and watch TV.
Economics & Business
Jul 18, 2022
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, many children were unable to study in the classroom with teachers' supervision. A recent study in the British Journal of Educational Psychology reveals an important role for parental involvement ...
Education
Jul 7, 2022
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Frequent small stakes assessments may help marginalized students bridge an achievement gap in physiology education, according to research that will be presented this week at the American Physiological Society (APS) Institute ...
Education
Jun 23, 2022
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Retracting academic papers does not dampen the reach of problematic research in online platforms as intended.
Social Sciences
Jun 15, 2022
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