TikTok's owner is once again navigating troubled waters in the United States, where the US House of Representatives has issued an ultimatum: divest or face shutdown within six months.
Economics & Business
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Published in Nature, a new study has identified recurring, 'toxic' human conversation patterns on social media, which are common to users irrespective of the platform used, the topic of discussion, and the decade in which ...
Social Sciences
Mar 20, 2024
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Seeds remain in a dormant state, waiting for the right environmental conditions to germinate, thus increasing the probability of fragile seedling survival. The transition from a dry seed to a vegetative seedling is an irreversible ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 20, 2024
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Magnetic moment is an intrinsic property of a particle with spin, arising from interaction between the particle and a magnet or other object with a magnetic field. Like mass and electric charge, magnetic moment is one of ...
General Physics
Mar 20, 2024
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Particulate soil carbon may be more vulnerable to microbial decomposition under warmer temperatures associated with climate change.
Earth Sciences
Mar 20, 2024
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Scientists have for the first time created a giant quantum vortex to mimic a black hole in superfluid helium that has allowed them to see in greater detail how analog black holes behave and interact with their surroundings.
General Physics
Mar 20, 2024
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At least one in a dozen stars show evidence of planetary ingestion according to a paper published in Nature today.
Astronomy
Mar 20, 2024
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Modern humans dispersed from Africa multiple times, but the event that led to global expansion occurred less than 100,000 years ago. Some researchers hypothesize that dispersals were restricted to "green corridors" formed ...
Archaeology
Mar 20, 2024
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Australians enjoy chocolate, consuming on average the equivalent of 32 kilograms a year, but there is growing interest in its origins and how it's made.
Social Sciences
Mar 20, 2024
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Australia's eSafety commissioner has sent legal notices to Google, Meta, Telegram, WhatsApp, Reddit and X (formerly Twitter) asking them to show what they're doing to protect Australians from online extremism. The six companies ...
Political science
Mar 20, 2024
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