People from different cultural backgrounds are tickled in remarkably similar ways. They laugh, resist and are usually tickled by family members or friends. They are also ticklish in the same body regions. These are among ...
Other
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Roads, dams and other infrastructure built to make life easier for people have unintentionally made survival harder for another form of life—critically endangered European eels.
Plants & Animals
Aug 10, 2026
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Over the last decade, researchers have developed two-dimensional materials with fascinating quantum effects that could be harnessed for next-generation technologies.
Condensed Matter
Aug 10, 2026
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Tropical cyclones are among the most destructive natural forces on the planet, but predicting where they will go and how strong they will become is beset by challenges. Current methods are often good at tracking storm paths ...
How have selectively breeding dogs across decades and individual training shaped the way that dogs communicate? New from JNeurosci, researchers at Harvard University, led by Mélina Cordeau, sought to answer this question ...
Veterinary medicine
Aug 10, 2026
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Hold on to your telescopes: The DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys team has released the largest-ever 2D color map of the universe. The 5.6-trillion-pixel map contains nearly 4 billion celestial objects, primarily stars and galaxies. ...
Astronomy
Aug 10, 2026
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An international study finds that older adults who have strong beliefs about how other seniors should behave also report having more memory problems themselves. The study suggests a relationship between "ageist attitudes" ...
Social Sciences
Aug 10, 2026
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Roughly 2.5–2 billion years ago, Earth's surface experienced the biggest chemical change in its history when oxygen became abundant in the atmosphere, eventually leading to the evolution of complex life forms such as plants ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 10, 2026
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Verheij syndrome is a rare genetic disorder caused by the impairment of splicing, a critical process in RNA processing. Using the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biology ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 10, 2026
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The child who plays alone during recess may be perfectly content doing so, according to a new study from the University of Georgia.
Social Sciences
Aug 10, 2026
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