The United States experiences a staggeringly high rate of gun homicides, but accurately predicting these incidents—especially on a monthly basis—has been a significant challenge, due to the lag in the release of official ...
Mathematics
Apr 7, 2023
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An asteroid big enough to wipe out a city will zip harmlessly between Earth and the moon's orbit this weekend, missing both celestial bodies.
Planetary Sciences
Mar 23, 2023
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Astrophysicists at the Institute for Advanced Study, the Flatiron Institute and their colleagues have leveraged artificial intelligence to uncover a better way to estimate the mass of colossal clusters of galaxies. The AI ...
Astronomy
Mar 23, 2023
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Excavations led by researchers from the University of Gothenburg show that the coveted metal copper and a sheltered location turned the Cypriot village of Hala Sultan Tekke into one of the most important trade hubs of the ...
Archaeology
Mar 16, 2023
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Air pollution is a major public health problem: The World Health Organization has estimated that it leads to over 4 million premature deaths worldwide annually. Still, it is not always extensively measured. But now an MIT ...
Environment
Mar 16, 2023
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Atmospheric rivers, which are long, narrow bands of water vapor, are becoming more intense and frequent with climate change. A new study demonstrates that a recently developed scale for atmospheric river intensity (akin to ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 9, 2023
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As climate change and population growth make water scarcity increasingly common, a much larger share of the global population will be forced to reckon with the costs of urban water scarcity.
Social Sciences
Mar 9, 2023
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Cities are bursting with life, both human and animal. The smallest of them—insects, spiders and ants—are easily overlooked, but their presence—or absence—in cities has wide-reaching effects. Scientists in Austria ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 7, 2023
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Some cities only last a century or two, while others last for a thousand years or more. Often, there aren't clear records left behind to explain why. Instead, archaeologists piece together clues from the cities' remains to ...
Archaeology
Mar 3, 2023
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Using a new dataset, Rafael Prieto-Curiel of the Complexity Science Hub and colleagues analyzed the coordinates and surface of 183 million buildings in nearly 6,000 cities across all 52 countries in Africa. With their model, ...
Mathematics
Feb 27, 2023
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