Researchers have found evidence that living in areas prone to wildfire smoke may negatively impact an individual's life expectancy.
Environment
Dec 12, 2024
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Io does not have a shallow global magma ocean beneath its surface, counter to previous claims, suggests a paper published in Nature.
Planetary Sciences
Dec 12, 2024
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Coastal populations are expanding quickly around the world. The rise is evident in burgeoning waterfront cities and in the increasing damage from powerful storms and rising sea levels. Yet, reliable, detailed data on the ...
Social Sciences
Dec 12, 2024
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Genetic variants that determine the shape of your teeth—including a gene inherited from Neanderthals—have been identified by a team co-led by UCL researchers.
Evolution
Dec 12, 2024
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Stars are born, live and die in spectacular ways, with their deaths marked by one of the biggest known explosions in the universe. Like a campfire needs wood to keep burning, a star relies on nuclear fusion—primarily using ...
Astronomy
Dec 12, 2024
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On Dec. 12, at 11:15 p.m. EST, NASA's Lucy spacecraft, currently in a two-year orbit around the sun, will skim Earth's atmosphere, passing only about 220 miles (360 kilometers) above the surface. This close flyby will result ...
Space Exploration
Dec 12, 2024
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Mental health hubs in areas of disadvantage are needed to protect vulnerable children from criminal exploitation, experts say in a new report.
Social Sciences
Dec 12, 2024
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A team of bioengineers from the Biohub at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has created a simulation to mimic the way the influenza A virus moves through host tissue, presenting a ...
The age at which Australians can receive the pension has risen to 67, meaning many of us are working longer. But the length of time we are expected to spend retired has also risen, because we are living longer.
Social Sciences
Dec 12, 2024
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Cities are the largest source of greenhouse gases in the world. About 70% of all anthropogenic emissions are produced in, around and by cities. At the same time, they have great scope for action to reduce these emissions. ...
Environment
Dec 12, 2024
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