Adolescence can be an emotionally turbulent time, but new research at Penn State found that close, supportive relationships with parents—especially dads—at key points during adolescence can help stave off certain adjustment ...
Social Sciences
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Chemical catalysts are the change agents behind the production of just about everything we use in our daily lives, from plastics to prescription drugs. When the right catalysts are mixed with the right chemical compounds, ...
Nanophysics
Aug 2, 2021
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Removal of an offender's hand, tongue or ear: punishments described in Babylon's Hammurabi Code, depended on the nature of the crime. Published in 1771 B.C., the code set the first formal standards for business interactions. ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 2, 2021
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Which effects did the heat wave of summer 2020 have in Siberia? In a study led by the University of Bonn (Germany), geologists compared the spatial and temporal distribution of methane concentrations in the air of northern ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 2, 2021
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Neanderthals, long perceived to have been unsophisticated and brutish, really did paint stalagmites in a Spanish cave more than 60,000 years ago, according to a study published on Monday.
Archaeology
Aug 2, 2021
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A team of researchers headquartered at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has recently discovered that fear plays an important, unrecognized role in the underdevelopment, and increased vulnerability, of backyard songbirds.
Ecology
Aug 2, 2021
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The pandemic has turned many of us to technology as a way to connect with not just other people, but also nature.
Plants & Animals
Aug 2, 2021
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Even the simplest creatures seem extraordinarily complex when you look beneath the surface. Fortunately, hydra make that part easy.
Plants & Animals
Aug 2, 2021
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The shadows cast by the roughness of the Moon's surface create small cold spots for water ice to accumulate even during the harsh lunar daytime.
Space Exploration
Aug 2, 2021
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More than two weeks after a flood of raw sewage inundated the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant and triggered a massive discharge into Santa Monica Bay, the damaged facility has continued to release millions of gallons of ...
Environment
Aug 2, 2021
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