Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are millisecond-long cosmic explosions that each produce the energy equivalent to the sun's annual output. More than 15 years after the deep-space pulses of electromagnetic radio waves were first ...
Astronomy
Sep 22, 2022
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Nirupam Aich, University at Buffalo engineering researcher, set out to study the hazards of electronic waste recycling after learning about illegal shipments of this waste from developed countries, such as the United States, ...
Environment
Sep 13, 2022
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Researchers from St. Edward's University, University of Mississippi, and University of Texas at Austin published a new Journal of Marketing study that examines the relationship between female leadership and customer orientation ...
Social Sciences
Sep 9, 2022
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When lightning ignited the bone-dry foothills of the Sierra Nevada last year, forestry crews fanned out across Sequoia National Park to defend an ancient grove of California redwoods from wildfire.
Earth Sciences
Aug 31, 2022
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Tens of millions of people across Pakistan were Monday battling the worst monsoon floods in a decade, with countless homes washed away, vital farmland destroyed and the country's main river threatening to burst its banks.
Environment
Aug 29, 2022
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A recent survey by University of Toronto Scarborough students not only gleaned important information from hundreds of households across Toronto, it provided critical insights on the act of surveying diverse communities that ...
Social Sciences
Aug 25, 2022
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Some Florida schools have moved library books and debated changing textbooks in response to a law critics call "Don't Say Gay"—and some teachers have worried that family pictures on their desks could get them in trouble.
Education
Aug 15, 2022
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Women don't enjoy as much leisure time as men, and during the pandemic, it's been particularly bad. According to the American Time Use Survey, women have nearly an hour less leisure time than men each day.
Social Sciences
Aug 8, 2022
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Researchers have found that California's forest carbon buffer pool, designed to ensure the durability of the state's multi-billion-dollar carbon offset program, is severely undercapitalized. The results show that, within ...
Environment
Aug 5, 2022
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Stand up in a canoe and you'll probably find yourself in the water before too long. Jump up and down on the upper edges of the sides of the canoe, and you'll likely end up in the drink as well. But get the balance right and ...
General Physics
Aug 4, 2022
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