Machine learning could help scientists understand why birds are eating plastic
Seabirds in the Pacific Ocean are eating plastic and feeding it to their chicks. But we know precious little about why the birds are doing this.
Seabirds in the Pacific Ocean are eating plastic and feeding it to their chicks. But we know precious little about why the birds are doing this.
Ecology
Dec 18, 2023
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The development of antibiotics to combat multidrug-resistant bacteria, especially those that infect the airways, has been increasingly tricky, and some scientists have opted to try to weaken the bacteria so that the available ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 18, 2023
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The latest UN climate summit, COP28, was always going to be controversial. It was held in a state whose economy is heavily dependent on oil and gas—the United Arab Emirates. The summit president, Sultan Al Jaber, remains ...
Environment
Dec 15, 2023
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Raja the elephant has been one of the biggest attractions—literally and figuratively—at the St. Louis Zoo for decades. Now, he's moving away.
Plants & Animals
Dec 14, 2023
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Certain facial features—like downturned lips and a heavy brow—are known to make someone appear untrustworthy to others, even though these do not indicate a person's actual character. Such facial biases influence our everyday ...
Social Sciences
Dec 14, 2023
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As negotiators stagger towards their beds in Dubai and another year's climate talks come to a close, it's time to take stock. Did COP28 achieve the big breakthrough the world needs on climate change?
Environment
Dec 13, 2023
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The world for the first time on Wednesday approved a call to transition away from fossil fuels as UN negotiations in Dubai tackled the top culprit behind climate change, but at-risk countries said far more action was needed.
Environment
Dec 13, 2023
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Photolithography involves manipulating light to precisely etch features onto a surface, and is commonly used to fabricate computer chips and optical devices like lenses. But tiny deviations during the manufacturing process ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 13, 2023
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Researchers from Northwestern University, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Colorado published a new Journal of Marketing study that proposes abandoning null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) as the default ...
Mathematics
Dec 13, 2023
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The global anti-vaccine movement and vaccine hesitancy that accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic show no signs of abating.
Social Sciences
Dec 13, 2023
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