The global nature of child sexual exploitation and abuse demands it be treated as an international public health emergency, a landmark report suggests.
Social Sciences
Dec 21, 2023
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Fish can adjust their sensitivity to the actions of others—such as fleeing due to a false alarm—to reduce the risk of responding to misinformation, according to a new study. Other animals, including humans, may also have ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 28, 2023
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298
When something goes wrong in mitochondria, the tiny organelles that power cells, it can cause a bewildering variety of symptoms such as poor growth, fatigue and weakness, seizures, developmental and cognitive disabilities, ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 25, 2022
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154
New research using computer vision to analyze tens of thousands of butterfly specimens in the Natural History Museum's collection has found that some British butterflies are getting bigger in response to climate change.
Evolution
Apr 5, 2022
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Modern communications technology, regardless of use, relies on a similar formula: devices send signals and information through data centers, towers and satellites en route to their final destination. The effectiveness of ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 12, 2020
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Researchers at the University of California San Diego developed a wearable technology that can hide its wearer from heat-detecting sensors such as night vision goggles, even when the ambient temperature changes—a feat that ...
Materials Science
Mar 3, 2020
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361
A unique 3-D printed telescope named the Analog Sky Drifter may spark a revolution in amateur telescope making.
Astronomy
Sep 2, 2019
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Development of a virtual reality-like projection system to study insect vision could eventually provide the U.S. Air Force with a new type of navigation system.
Engineering
Apr 9, 2019
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We may remember 2018 as the year when technology's dystopian potential became clear, from Facebook's role enabling the harvesting of our personal data for election interference to a seemingly unending series of revelations ...
Business
Dec 25, 2018
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A 3-D facial recognition system could be used commercially in the UK for the first time as part of a Government-backed project.
Computer Sciences
Jun 14, 2017
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