It's a myth that promiscuous women have low self-esteem
The old double standard lives on.
Social Sciences
Jun 11, 2021
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Bionic reconstruction: New foot for 'Mia' the bearded vulture
With Oskar Aszmann and his team at the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, MedUni Vienna has long been regarded as a world leader in bionic limb reconstruction. It was only last year that the world's ...
Biotechnology
Jun 11, 2021
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Researchers build first modular quantum brain sensor, record signal
A team of scientists at the University of Sussex have for the first time built a modular quantum brain scanner, and used it to record a brain signal. This is the first time a brain signal has been detected using a modular ...
Quantum Physics
Jun 11, 2021
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Classical nova explosions involve jets of oppositely directed hot gas, plasma
Scientists at the University of Oxford have discovered that classical nova explosions are accompanied by the ejection of jets of oppositely directed hot gas and plasma, and that this persists for years following the nova ...
Astronomy
Jun 11, 2021
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Variable emission from the Milky Way's supermassive black hole
At the center of our Milky Way lies a supermassive black hole (SMBH) called Sagittarius A* (SgrA*). Supermassive black holes reside at the centers of most galaxies, and when they actively accrete gas and dust onto their surrounding ...
Astronomy
Jun 11, 2021
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Star's death will play a mean pinball with rhythmic planets
Four planets locked in a perfect rhythm around a nearby star are destined to be pinballed around their solar system when their sun eventually dies, according to a new study that peers into its future.
Astronomy
Jun 11, 2021
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Discovery of shackled skeleton in a ditch: Slavery in Roman Britain
A body found buried in a ditch by construction workers in the village of Great Casterton, in the east Midlands of England, has shed new light on Roman slavery in Britain. A new analysis of the skeleton and the burial has ...
Archaeology
Jun 11, 2021
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Funding front-line action for the world's forgotten frogs
Frogs have been around for about 140 million years, since dinosaurs roamed the Earth, and are found in most moist corners of the world. IUCN has assessed 6,340 species of these tailless and smooth-bodied amphibians, and almost ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 11, 2021
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Manage tourism and nature to boost both, report says
Tourism and the natural environment can be managed in ways that benefit both, new research reports suggest.
Earth Sciences
Jun 11, 2021
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New material inspired by spider silk could help solve our plastic problem
Plastics are very useful materials. They've contributed significant benefits to modern society. But the unprecedented amount of plastics produced over the past few decades has caused serious environmental pollution.
Materials Science
Jun 11, 2021
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