Banning children under 16 from social media sounds like a seductive idea. For overwhelmed parents navigating their kids' lives in a digital age, this move from the Australian government may seem like welcome relief.
Social Sciences
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The synthesis of molybdenum carbide catalysts typically requires high temperature, leading to inevitable passivation in an oxygen-containing atmosphere. Developing a new route to produce molybdenum carbide at low temperatures ...
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 12, 2024
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The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is regularly plagued by the fact that humanity has a very limited perspective on civilization and the nature of intelligence itself. When it comes right down to it, the ...
Astrobiology
Sep 12, 2024
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A recent study conducted at the University of Ottawa reveals that some fish use their tastebuds to measure oxygen levels in water.
Plants & Animals
Sep 12, 2024
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Researchers from Monash University, part of the FLEET Center, have revealed a generic approach towards intrinsic magnetic second-order topological insulators. These materials are crucial for advancements in spintronics, an ...
Condensed Matter
Sep 12, 2024
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As someone who has spent most of his professional life studying how children develop, I'm often asked by parents (especially moms) why children (especially boys) are prone to pick up the nearest stick, pencil, soft toy or ...
Social Sciences
Sep 12, 2024
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Stress-induced cracks often lead to catastrophic failure of materials. For membranes, stress loads concomitant with thermal and mechanical risks during separation will gradually produce cracks, which weaken the stability ...
Materials Science
Sep 12, 2024
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Extreme conditions prevail inside stars and planets. The pressure reaches millions of bars, and it can be several million degrees hot. Sophisticated methods make it possible to create such states of matter in the laboratory—albeit ...
General Physics
Sep 12, 2024
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Urban green spaces are disappearing from New Zealand cities, at a time when denser housing is being planned in many areas.
Environment
Sep 12, 2024
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Picture the nature documentary scene. Vast schools of baitfish "miles long" being pursued by "thousands of seabirds", "great shoals" of dolphins and porpoises, sharks and cod. Huge fish the size of a tree trunk (sturgeon) ...
Ecology
Sep 12, 2024
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