NSW is copping rain and flooding while parts of Australia are in drought. What's going on?
Emergency crews were scrambling to rescue residents trapped by floodwaters on Wednesday as heavy rain pummeled the Mid North Coast of New South Wales.
Emergency crews were scrambling to rescue residents trapped by floodwaters on Wednesday as heavy rain pummeled the Mid North Coast of New South Wales.
Environment
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Astronomers have witnessed for the first time a violent cosmic collision in which one galaxy pierces another with intense radiation. Their results, published in Nature, show that this radiation dampens the wounded galaxy's ...
Astronomy
May 21, 2025
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A team of scientists has answered a long-standing question in cell biology, uncovering how the cell's main energy currency, ATP, is transported into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Disrupted energy transport could affect ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 21, 2025
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Researchers have demonstrated that by using a semiconductor with flexible bonds, the material can be molded into various structures using nano containers, without altering its composition. The discovery could lead to the ...
Nanophysics
May 21, 2025
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Anyone who has ever squirmed through a dental cleaning can tell you how sensitive teeth can be. This sensitivity gives important feedback about temperature, pressure—and yes, pain—as we bite and chew our food. However, the ...
Evolution
May 21, 2025
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Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate. Publishing in Cell Genomics, researchers have identified a genetic variant that contributed to the ...
Evolution
May 21, 2025
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Living in a murky lake around Mexico City, surrounded by aggressive and cannibalistic neighbors, the axolotl lives at constant risk of losing a limb to a neighbor's nibble. Fortunately, lost limbs regrow and are functional ...
Biotechnology
May 21, 2025
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An organization's performance relies on its members' effective execution of tasks aligned with its goals and purpose. For private third-party regulatory firms—for-profit companies that enforce and monitor regulatory compliance—organizational ...
Economics & Business
May 21, 2025
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On Monday, President Donald Trump signed the Take It Down Act into law, making it a federal crime to publish AI-generated deep fakes and non-consensual intimate imagery.
Political science
May 21, 2025
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One of the most profound open questions in modern physics is: "Is gravity quantum?" The other fundamental forces—electromagnetic, weak, and strong—have all been successfully described, but no complete and consistent quantum ...
Optics & Photonics
May 21, 2025
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