In the subarctic and arctic reaches of the Northwest Territories (NWT), the climate is warming faster than most other places on the planet. Decades before scientists and governments were grasping the threats of rising temperatures ...
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Today's rather aquatic-themed NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy Messier 77, also known as the Squid Galaxy, which sits 45 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus (The Whale).
Astronomy
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At the Seismological Society of America's Annual Meeting, researchers posed a seemingly simple question: how wide are faults?
Earth Sciences
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Sediment cores drawn from four lakes in Guatemala record the distinct direction that ground shaking traveled during a 1976 magnitude 7.5 earthquake that devastated the country, according to researchers at the Seismological ...
Earth Sciences
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In recent years, discussions about inequality in the college admissions process have focused on the use of standardized tests like the SAT. But few discussions have focused on another important part of the college application: ...
Education
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Most cells in the human body each contain about six feet of DNA. Yet the nucleus, where DNA is coiled, is no larger than a single speck of dust. Despite its density, DNA is not a tangled ball of yarn. It is organized into ...
Cell & Microbiology
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The avian flu virus continues to affect poultry producers and dairy farms in 2025. In North Carolina alone, the virus has resulted in the loss of millions of birds on poultry farms. Meanwhile, less than a year after avian ...
Veterinary medicine
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Saussurea is one of the largest and most rapidly evolving genera within the Asteraceae family, comprising approximately 520 species found in the Northern Hemisphere. These species display remarkable diversity in their morphologies ...
Plants & Animals
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Red roses, the symbol of love, were likely yellow in the past, indicates a large genomic analysis by researchers from Beijing Forestry University, China. Roses of all colors, including white, red, pink, and peach, belong ...
For customers who don't have the freedom to choose where they shop, technological advancements—particularly artificial intelligence (AI) and intrusive personal data collection—are making price discrimination, inflation and ...
Social Sciences
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