Early in the pandemic, Víctor Ortega-Jiménez was exploring creeks near his home and observing springtails. The organisms are the most abundant non-insect hexapods on earth, and Ortega-Jiménez suspected their avoidance ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 7, 2022
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Government efforts to keep registered voters on the rolls when they move from one address to another substantially boost those voters' likelihood of casting a ballot, my research has found.
Political science
Nov 7, 2022
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For students learning a second or foreign language, text is often simplified to ensure that they can comprehend it well enough to understand the core message. Usually, complicated text in a foreign language is simplified ...
Education
Oct 26, 2022
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Raging wildfires occurring worldwide have caused tremendous economic damage and loss of life. Knowing when and where a widespread fire could happen in advance can improve fire prevention and resource allocation. However, ...
Environment
Oct 21, 2022
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Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is a major conserved DNA repair pathway, which repairs various types of damage in the genome, such as those induced by ultraviolet light and environmental agents. Dysfunction in this pathway ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 27, 2022
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When the first humans moved out of Africa, they carried their gut microbes with them. Turns out, these microbes also evolved along with them.
Evolution
Sep 17, 2022
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Six in 10 Australians (62%) expect climate change will have a severe effect in their area over the next 10 years and globally across 34 countries more than 71%, including a majority in every single country, expect the same, ...
Environment
Sep 16, 2022
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Researchers around the world are working to develop efficient materials to convert CO2 into usable chemical substances—work that is particularly pressing in view of global warming.
Nanophysics
Sep 14, 2022
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NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument aboard the Aqua satellite captured imagery of Typhoon Hinnamnor in the West Pacific Ocean just before 2 p.m. local time on Sept. 5. Typhoon Hinnamnor was one of the strongest ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 9, 2022
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Three bottlenose dolphins were released into the open sea in Indonesia Saturday after years of being confined for the amusement of tourists who would touch and swim with them.
Ecology
Sep 6, 2022
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