Ecological warning lights have blinked on across the Arctic over the last 40 years, according to new research, and many of the fastest-changing areas are clustered in Siberia, the Canadian Northwest Territories, and Alaska.
Earth Sciences
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The Little Ice Age was a period of significant cooling from the early 14th to mid-19th centuries, which saw mean temperatures across the northern hemisphere drop by up to 2°C and the advancement of glaciers.
Observing the effects of special relativity doesn't necessarily require objects moving at a significant fraction of the speed of light. In fact, length contraction in special relativity explains how electromagnets work. A ...
About 4,900 years ago, a Neolithic people on the Danish island Bornholm sacrificed hundreds of stones engraved with sun and field motifs. Archaeologists and climate scientists from the University of Copenhagen can now show ...
Archaeology
Jan 16, 2025
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Arkansas' Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and California's Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom have little in common ideologically, but the two have both been vocal supporters of an idea that's been rapidly gaining bipartisan ...
Education
Jan 16, 2025
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In a two-for-one moonshot, SpaceX launched a pair of lunar landers Wednesday for U.S. and Japanese companies looking to jumpstart business on Earth's dusty sidekick.
Space Exploration
Jan 16, 2025
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The fight against cancer often begins with uncovering hidden players, and a recent study reveals one such key player: an unexpected class of abbreviated N-glycans. These molecules, upregulated in cancer cells, are excreted ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 16, 2025
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Night-time collisions with robotic lawnmowers are a significant animal welfare and conservation problem for hedgehogs as they often suffer serious or even fatal injuries. In order to make the operation of robotic lawnmowers ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 16, 2025
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A study of 10 British motherhood influencers suggests they often deliberately share pictures of their children on Instagram, with strong trust in the safety of doing so. Katherine Baxter of Liverpool Hope University, U.K., ...
Social Sciences
Jan 16, 2025
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People were flocking to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Wednesday to get a glimpse of fountaining lava.
Environment
Jan 16, 2025
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