Dragline silk or major ampullate (MA) silk, the part of a spider's web that forms the main frame and spokes, is one of the toughest materials known to science. That is, it can absorb massive amounts of energy from a sudden ...
For roughly 2 billion years of Earth's early history, the atmosphere contained no oxygen, the essential ingredient required for complex life. Oxygen began building up during the period known as the Great Oxidation Event (GOE), ...
Astrobiology
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Frequently framed as a crisis, the aging of the U.S. population also provides an opportunity to build more livable communities.
Social Sciences
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In an interesting turn of botanical events, University of Houston engineers report that while melatonin keeps us asleep, it wakes up plants, helping them grow.
Molecular & Computational biology
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After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has finally begun its roundabout journey to Mars.
Space Exploration
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Most people care about fairness at work and want to support colleagues who face marginalization—for example, people of color, women and people with disabilities. Our research has found that 76% of employees want to be allies ...
Social Sciences
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The notion of the divine feminine is a recurring motif in American pop culture, playing with the assumptions people make when referring to God—often the deity described in the Bible—as "He."
Social Sciences
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It's December, the weather's turning, and the holidays are fast approaching. You've got to find the perfect gift for your partner, parents or that weird relative you only see once a year. At work, there's the secret Santa ...
Social Sciences
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The increasing teacher shortage is a concerning global crisis. It will reach a shortfall of 44,000,000 teachers by 2030, according to the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization.
Education
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Hydrogen fuel could be an important part of the clean energy revolution. But it faces some challenges. Most hydrogen today is made from natural gas using a process called steam methane reforming, which produces lots of carbon ...
Analytical Chemistry
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